by Jessica C. on Came here to eat during a business trip so it was on the expense account. From watching Top Chef, I knew there would be some very good pork on the menu. Upon entering the place, you feel like you're in the waiting area of a doctors office. There are little vignettes of sofas/chairs as well as a community table in the front waiting area. My friend and I started off at the bar and had one of their specialty cocktails. Very good and strong to start off the night. They guys at the bar are very friendly and knowledgable about their beverages. Let's get to the important stuff.... the food! We decided to go ith the five course tasting menu rather than ordering a la carte so we could taste all that the chef had to offer. The tasting is a blind tasting so we had no idea what we had for each course. 1st course - Flash fried okra with a chickpea and corn relish. The sauce that came with this dish had indian spices like tumeric, cumin, etc. It definitely had some heat to it. The okra was cooked well and didn't have the goopy texture that many people are turned off by. The dish was good but I keep finding myself forgetting what the first course was when I think about our meal. 2nd course - Squid ink rice. On a normal day, I would never had ordered this. To my delight, I really enjoyed this dish. I thought maybe it would have a fishy smell or taste bloody but it had a nice silky texture. 3rd course - Pan seared qual and pork belly. YUMM!! Again, probably would have never ordered quail but I really enjoyed it. It was drizzled with a house made hot sauce that was sweet & tangy. And of course the pork belly. I savored every bite. Salty & crisp...it was delicious! 4th course - Duck with a blueberry reduction and candied pecans. This course tasted like dessert. The perfect bite was a bit of duck dabbed in the blueberry sauce and a bit of the pecans. It was like a savory blueberry dessert. 5th course - Blueberry ice cream on top of a blueberry semolina cake. YUMMMM!!! Blueberries are obviously in season. Again I savored every bite of this dish. I tried to eat slow but still had to go fast enough that all my ice cream didn't melt. On the side was also some sort of white chocolate thing that tasted a bit like cheese. Whatever it was, that was delish too. And you wonder why I keep forgetting what the first course was. It was a great journey for my taste buds. I can only imagine what the seven course tasting would have been like. We left completely full and happy. If you're looking for a food adventure, definitely try the tasting menus!
by Rayna Dunlow on Is this place still open? I used my ability to see the future the one and only time I came here and decided that it would close in a short- very short- period of time. This place is waayyy overpriced $12 for guac made with only 1 avocado? It was decent but $12? The entrees are I guess supposed to be authentic mexican which I guess I don't like authentic I like americanized mexican with cheddar cheese and cheese dip and all that stuff. Can't you make upscale americanized mexican? I don't know what chiuahua cheese tastes like and don't want to try it! It took me a good bit of time to find something that I thought would be good. And after all that searching.. I didn't. My boyfriend and I both were mad at coming to this place instead of somewhere else (meaning better) and at the crazy large bill for that crappy food. I guess someone likes it. But not me and not ever again.
by Mirian Mcaveney on This is like your Wal Mart of night life .. there is something for everyone, but all are mediocre. There is a huge patio section that is covered up in the winter time and outdoors in the summer. It's great for just sitting, getting some drinks, hanging out. Upstairs there is a "club", there is a proper white tablecloth restaurant downstairs and a bar in the back as well. So there you have it: patio, club, bar, restaurant. Take your pick. Oh and I seem to remember an aquarium at the back of the dance floor in the club .. something for the kids too!!!
