Jennifer O.
Yelp
Listen up: This is easily the best restaurant + cocktail / wine stop in the greater NoVa area. (I said what I said.)
Jarad, Nick, Zach and the team are knowledgeable, welcoming, and insanely talented -- this isn't just a meal; it'a a whole experience founded in years of work and a totally unpretentious ability to ensure everyone who crosses the door has great food, unreal flavor combos, an enjoyable time, and delicious beverages. (Honestly, the rarest thing in Middleburg?)
Anything on the menu is going to be the best you've ever had (you hear the song lyrics, too, right?!) but I recommend:
-- the gin & tonic, which is the best you'll have outside of Barcelona (I didn't want it to end.)
-- pan a tomato, which is somehow just grilled bread and tomato and garlic that ends up being much more than the sum of its parts
-- wine. Any wine. Nothing on the list will disappoint.
-- the carrots and labneh (amazing)
-- anything anyone on the very kind staff tells you to try (can they just plot out all of our wine selections from this point forward?)
I feel like it's important to note I'm not in any way being compensated for this review and I just genuinely enjoy seeing spaces like this find the acclaim they deserve. When a place like this opens up anywhere near you, you celebrate. They're opening up a coffee and breakfast program soon, and I can't wait.
If you're not in the car headed to Middleburg right now, what are you waiting for? Just go, and tell them I sent you. (Also, order the effing carrots.)