Feels Like Home
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 10/18/05
Had reservations for 8:00 on Friday, September 18, 2005. The restaurant is small and quaint. Reservations are highly recommended. Outdoor patio seating is also available. We dined with some friends, who noted that the restaurant reminded them of the eateries they visited in Italy. The lighting is appropriately dim, perfect for an intimate dinner. One thing I disliked was how close the tables are to each other. Our table of four was inches away from another table of four.
For appetizers, we ordered the house salad with citrus vinaigrette, the spinach salad and pizza. For entrees we had the Beef Tenderloin Medallions with watercress salad, garlic frites and green peppercorn sauce, the Ancho Braised Half Chicken with New Mexico Hatch Chile-Cotija Polenta and Ancho Andobo Sauce. The chicken was tender and moist. I had the salmon with lentil beans. The salmon was prepared perfectly at medium rare.
For dessert, we ordered the Chocolate Cheesecake and Cr�me Brule. The Cr�me Brule was a tad more eggy than usual. The Chocolate Cheesecake was divine. Not too sweet, too firm or too dry.
Service was friendly and attentive. They have a sizeable wine selection.
Spent ~70 dollars with tip. Valet parking is complementary.