2765 Clayton Road
Concord, CA 94519
Contra Costa County
Phone: (925) 676-7272
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by Theo Vitiello on Maybe it is because of my weird obsession with Steven Starr, but I love this restaurant so much! Everything about this place is creative. The restaurant's food and drink menu to the bone has new and fasinating ideas to make your time there worth while. I personally love the Cheesesteak egg rolls. Also the fact that if you don't sit on the roof and you get a male waiter, nobody EVER ID's you. But that is not the reason I love it so much, I am always satisfied and full when I leave.
by Jennifer F. on I am questioning the taste of the other 66 reviewers. I cannot believe this place has more than 3 stars. Here is where they thrive... If you want over-sized portions of bad third generation Americanized Italian food, then this is your place! The portions were huge. The meatball could have been a matzo ball - it lacked flavor. The sauce was just too salty and had no depth. Here is where I think they WIN - they cook with Barilla pasta. They are family and large group friendly and they were very nice. Italian is not what I would call it but if you are going in with that understanding, then you can have a nice experience.
by Gigi Frothingham on The best thing ESSR has going for it is the bar. Chauncey James has put together a very nice selection of vintage cocktails, and a competent, personable team of bartenders. Their Sazerac is perhaps the best in town, using the full two-glass method with muddled sugar in place of bar syrup, and the vintage recipe Legendre Herbsaint (which I didn't even know was in Texas yet -- good to know it is). The Old Pal is also very good, and they are one of precious few bars I have found to offer a Ramos gin fizz on the menu. Our bartender on my first visit (Adam?) was also able to mix me a Corpse Reviver #2 and a Vieux Carre (which are not on the menu) without missing a beat. Genuine Luxardo cherries were a nice addition to the Corpse Revivers. On my second visit, dinner was had. The seasonal menu for July seemed very much on the heavy side (especially given the 100 degree heat), so my date and I opted instead to share a couple of the cold dishes from the "littles" section of the menu, and then dessert over drinks. The buffalo carpaccio was very good -- lightly lemony, sliced paper-thin, and served on a bed of crisp butter lettuce. The charcuterie plate, however, stole the show...a delicious assortment of rilletes, pâté, some chicken roulades, and delicious house made pickles. The key lime pie that we had for dessert was creamy and tart, with a surprising addition of chopped pecans to the graham cracker crust. The décor inside ESSR is old-fashioned and cozy, dark, and just ever so slightly quirky. I do wish that the bar was a bit longer, but that's okay. I really did dig the addition of Edison-style light bulbs, as well. Now... That all sounds pretty good, right? And, for the most part, it is. So what could possibly bring this place down to the rating that I ended up at? Service. Good Christ, the service. I've been all over in this city, to both homey and uppity Dallas-esque establishments, and I have never been treated like my companion and I were treated at ESSR on our dinner date. Subsequent to ordering our small dishes, our waitress inquired whether we had selected an entrée -- to which we politely replied that we were going to stick with a few smaller dishes and dessert. Our waitress was visibly irritated, and deadpanned back at us, "That's it?" Upon confirmation, she heaved out a big sigh and walked off without much of a reply. After our dessert, we wanted to stick around for another cocktail or two, but we left prematurely because we were continually reminded by our waitress that she was ready for us to leave. "How much longer do you think you're going to be?" "Can I get you your check, now?" "Do you think you're going to be much longer?" It's worth noting that our entire dining experience...with being seated, drinks, dessert....only took about an hour and twenty minutes. It's not as though we were shamelessly camping (three cocktails each, plus the food), though should there be much of a problem with that if we were? So long as cocktails continue flowing, I think there's really not an issue. And yet, we felt very unwelcome. It's also worth noting as a bit of contrast to this that on my first visit (when I sat at the bar), our bartender was awesome -- outgoing, incredibly competent, and just generally great. I would be inclined, therefore, to think it was just our waitress that one time...except for the scores of reviews that really do sorta fall in line with our experience. This seems to be pretty systemic at ESSR. Next, the prices. A lot of the fare at ESSR is a bit too proud of itself. Some of the cocktails, for example, are reasonably priced while others are pretty outrageous. A $7 Sazerac is a good deal when made that competently. There is really no excuse, however, for a $14 Death in the Afternoon...ever. $14 for a Ramos gin fizz is also pretty eye-popping, even given the amount of work needed to build the cocktail. The food, too, had some issues with price. We felt the charcuterie plate was a pretty decent price. A bit high, but it was delicious, and it is a treat. The carpaccio, however -- good lord! $14 for three or four razor-thin slices of meat and some lettuce. I know all of the meat used is sustainably raised, and that drives the price up...but this was hardly any meat at all. Certainly not $14 worth by any stretch, especially given that they didn't even have to cook it! That's just unconscionable. So we have price issues, we have attitude issues, and really...as good as the food we had was, there's better in Austin at more reasonable prices -- served, no doubt, with less 'tude. Not sure we'll be back.
