Hank C.
Yelp
An Italian and Argentine tapas restaurant, small shop that had first-come, first-serve seating along with some Opentable stuff online that you could reserve at. Service was top-notch, folks came back to help us pack up extras and also check on us multiple times.
Stopped in on a hot day, tried a bunch:
Pitcher of white sangria was a lovely cool sip, just about right for four of us per pitcher.
Tapas/apps:
- Special baked oyster fondue was only ok (reminded me of Oyster Rockefeller but not as flavorful and the cheese was mostly on the plate, not on the oyster); they had 3 on the plate and they noticed and had them make up a 4th for the 4th person at the table. Great service for that notice and sending a fourth one out - good touch.
- Papas bravos was a good fingerling potato in a creme
- Grilled octopus was ok
- Peruvian ceviche was a touch too sour for me, but others liked it
- had another potato dish but wasn't sure what it was called; just ok
Mains, also shared:
- Short ribs rigatoni was good, but not as good as the one at Ferraro's that I had earlier in the month
- Seafood paella - not sure if this is a regional difference, but I'm used to having the crispy rice along the outside of the pan, crunch and savory -- the inside rice and shrimp, sausage and clams were ok, but missing the texture expected of a hot pan of paella rice, so left feeling like I missed out of something
Dessert
- churros were solid, with dulce de leche
- lava cake was ok, not much melting (more like a little chocolate melted in the center but not enough to ooze out), but the chocolate cake was good, and the vanilla ice cream to the top always a good touch
- they had a special fruit mix in a pastry shell - good fruit mix and the ice cream below was good - pastry was just ok, maybe needed something more like a napoleon's layers instead of being like a fried skin which ended up being a bit stuck in the teeth
Overall great service, a mix of dishes that sometimes hit the mark and others missed, but will come here to try some other dishes that people at the table next to us ordered - the steak looked good, as did the fish!