text: I've been wanting to try Tuck Shop for a while now and finally got the chance when my husband and I went there for dinner last weekend. Unfortunately, they did not live up to my expectations. I liked the vibe of the place but I wouldn't really say it was as homey as people make it out to be. For example, I liked the mismatched wooden chairs but they should have put some cushions on them to make it more comfortable. You know the cloth padded kind that you tie onto the wood spindles on the back of the chair? Just a suggestion. And it was pretty loud in there. They need some rugs or something to soften it up help with the noise level. The staff was friendly but it felt more like I was in a trendy bar rather than a restaurant famous for homestyle comfort food.\n\nOf course the most important thing is the food and on that score only one out of the three dishes was a winner. I ordered the pork tenderloin. This was suggested by our waitress as one of the best things on their menu and boy was she right. The pork was fully cooked but still juicy and tender. And there was a lot of it. Even better was the sauce... sweet and fruity but not too syrupy. The menu said it was a ponzu sauce but it didn't have that umami flavor (which is good since I don't think that would go with pork). And I really enjoyed the spinach that was saut\u00e9ed with green apples. You wouldn't think those two things would go together but all the flavors on the plate really married up beautifully. Hubby got the special which was a ribeye. Normally that is one of his favorite steaks but this one was pretty fatty and just didn't have a good flavor to the beef. He also didn't really care for the seasonings. And the only other thing on the plate was some saut\u00e9ed onions, in spite of the fact that it was almost $30. We decided to order some dessert and went with the chocolate chip cheesecake. This was a mistake. It was pretty unappealing when it arrived looking sort of gelatinous and wiggly. It was served warm (like warmer than room temperature) but yet it didn't seem to be an NY style cheesecake that had been baked. Actually what it tasted like was just butter and sugar whipped together and had started to melt. The crust was made from shortbread cookies rather than grahams and had a coconut taste to it that was very off-putting as well. Even the \"chocolate ganache\" topping that the waitress had described to us was too thin and watery and tasted suspiciously like Hershey's syrup. I can honestly say that it was the worst cheesecake I have ever eaten and that is including frozen store bought.\n\nI might give them another chance at some point in the future but I just wasn't wowed by the food the way the other reviewers seem to be. Sorry Tuck Shop.