First time here. Had high expectations. How could you not after hearing nothing but great things?\n\nStarted off with the bourbon drink. Was good. a bit sweet. but good.\n\nsecond drink switched gears to a very well made manhattan on the rocks. everyone at the table loved the single sphere ice cube. pretty cool i thought.\n\nAppetizer was the frise and beat salad. And wow. I was a bit pissed to have to spend $10 on an appetizer salad course but it was fantastic. I love a great beet salad. But what made it was the dressing on the frise. was awesome.\n\nSomehow our table managed to all order a different appetizer so it was nice to see the variety. the salmon looked great. some fancy foam on top. The risoto was also good. I had a taste of that. someone else said it was the best appetizer they ever had and loved it.\n\noverall we all enjoyed our appetizers. I actually think my salad was better than my seitan entree.\n\nThe seitan was just a bit crazy. its a mild flavor in itself so to can either go mild or wild with the sides and this time they went wild.\n\nThe sauce was super sweet soy sauce with a porridge mixed in. topped with some mung bean sprouts and large pungent pieces of kimchi and seitan. and thats where it got me. The flavor was nice for a couple bites but by the end it was a task to eat. just too sweet and sour for my tastes i suppose. The kimchi blew out my palate and i also walked away with kimchi breath until i got another drink down the way.\n\n4 drinks, 2 appetizers, 2 entrees = $100\n\nSo with all that said I'm happy with the experience. our waitress was great and had answers for all our questions, even my ones about vegan safe items. We all enjoyed seeing the open kitchen. Visually, I think every worker there was inked, young, and seemed to be enjoying themselves. Good place we enjoyed it. Good splurge meal out.
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