Vee V.
Yelp
Quail buffalo style is a thing and it's damn crave worthy...I teetered between a 3 and 4 because of these, but it's not on the official menu.
I made reservations for my husband and I on a Thursday evening. It certainly wasn't needed as it was fairly empty, but hey, I got my Opentable points.
We arrived and stood at the front and waited, and waited. The two hosts were doing whatever it was they were doing by the kitchen area. I was getting aggravated. Why have a host stand? It finally took a server calling over to them to get their attention to seat us.
We were then put in this awkward corner butting right up to a booth. We were practically speaking to the back of a women's head, and directly behind us was a group. With all the empty tables, you seat us here? She also didn't say much to us either, just plopped menus down and left. We ended up moving ourselves a table over so everyone wasn't in each other's conversation in the quiet space.
So far it's not a good first impression, drinks were needed. I had the Prince Albert, and later the bronco old fashion thing. Both were delicious.
Our actual server was excellent and super friendly. She convinced us of the buffalo style quail special. The rub on the quail was on point and the blue cheese cream stuff added the perfect balance to the crispy skin.
We also had the smoky deviled eggs, wild rice cakes, and the Feller. The eggs were fine, it was missing the smoke, it didn't rock our world. The wild rice cakes were super crispy on the outside and moist on the inside...I was digging these, but we were missing sauce. The horseradish cream was the appeal for us ordering it, but there was a tiny smear of it. It could have been a home run with more of that horseradish stuff.
That burger. Goddamn, that thing was good. This is the type of burger I daydream about, just your traditional all American burger. It came with shoe string fries. My husband hated their "fancy ketchup." It tasted like a thick Campbell's tomato soup. I agreed. Our server recommended their pesto aioli for dipping instead, that stuff was money, you need to sub your ketchup for this.
While the drinks, quail, and burger was a hit, the service as far as timing was slow. If the place was packed I'd understand. But again, it was an empty place and it took more than an hour to dine here even though we ordered quickly.
Overall, we enjoyed our food and we thought our server was phenomenal, I feel like she put our orders in quickly, but the rest of her team was slow. The hosts also need some work, they make the first impression for guests and their nonchalant attitude and coldness didn't scream "we want you back."