STOP! Unless you are prepared to spend your entire paycheck at this joint, stop reading now. You'll only torture yourself.\n\nNow that we have that out of the way, if you're still reading (and hopefully eating soon), you are in for an amazing experience. We had a few drinks at the bar while we waited to be seated for our 10 p.m. reservation. That's right. 10 p.m. and we booked that a month and a half out. This place is popular. Service was flawless, both at the bar and at our table. Our dinner was overseen by Joseph Gordon Levitt, aka Gregory. A+! He knows the menu and flavors like it's his job. Oh, wait. Any way, he did a fantastic job of making recommendations and even suggested the order of how our choices should be served. Truly outstanding server. \n\nWe started with oysters crudo, oysters rockefeller, Vitello Tonnato crostini, bacon-wrapped dates. I've been around the block when it comes to bacon-wrapped dates and these were amazing. I also really loved the oysters crudo. Probably the only dish I would not reorder was the crostini.\n\nNext we had our pasta course and shared the lemon spaghetti and buscatini. Both were phenomenal, the sweet and tart of the lemon spaghetti contrasted nicely with the spiciness of the buscatini. Both were incredible, but I think if I had either as my entire meal, I would not have been satisfied. Just not a big pasta eater. Gregory's recommendation to do a pasta course and then a main course was a great one.\n\nFor our main course, we shared the 28 oz ribeye and chicken cacciatore. The presentation of the chicken was mind-blowing. The staff presents the whole chicken with its \"fixings\" and then it's returned to the chef to be carved and brought back to your table in all of its glory. The steak was very well-prepared, well-seasoned and the argula and fried egg were the perfect touches. I can't even talk about our dessert course. I was in a coma by that point.\n\nThe dining room is still working out a few kinks. I am one of those people who believe that if you have a reservation, your ass better be in a chair no later than 5 minutes past and we waited over a half hour past our reservation. Everything was so wonderful, I can forgive a little tardiness. This place is a foodie's wet dream. Love, love, love. Giada had the night off, so I am cashing in my retirement to return and meet the dynamo behind this mecca.
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