Avec

A great place for a nice dinner. The food, service, and atmosphere are all fantastic.

I'd give a 3.5 but no halves so rounding up due to awesome service.  I'm sure I won't say much that others haven't said, although I have to say I like Blackbird's food better.  We went on a Thursday and got there at 5:30 and the place was already packed.  The staff was extremely friendly.  The space is small so it is sort of awkward when you're waiting, but they'll open a bottle of wine for you while you wait.  They quoted us 35 minutes and it was more like 15 so not too bad.  I could tell a bunch of other patrons went to the bar to wait, so it cleared out some space.  I'm not a huge fan of communal dining but I almost always have good luck and get the end of the table.  We were a party of 3 and got the end so it was actually quite nice (I somehow always end up getting this at Purple Pig as well...I have communal luck apparently!).  The seats themselves were very uncomfortable though.  The next day I had a sore butt!  The service was definitely phenomenal.  The wine list is pretty cheap but we had two good bottles.  The grenache blanc with carignan blanc (two grapes I had no idea existed as I've only had them red) was outstanding.

The food was very solid.  It wasn't as good as Blackbird in my opinion.  The only thing that fell short for me was the pork shoulder.  It was actually quite dry.  But the chicken was very good, the chorizo stuffed dates of course were great, and the kale salad was so effing good.  But the standout for me was the whole fish.  This may have been the best actual fish I've ever eaten.  It was outstanding.  They do warn you there are some small bones so look out but it was so tender and succulent.  I was a huge fan.  I'll go back but I guess it didn't blow me away as much as I was expecting.  I do think they do a good job with such a small space and they turn tables over rather quickly.

This place is so cool--the whole dining area is practically all made out of wood from wall to ceiling. Anyhow, the service here is pretty nice and helpful.

The food here is uniquely amazing. Everything tasted really good. One of my favorite is chorizo-stuffed medjool dates. At first thought, it sounded like weird combo but it was delicious! I also like their homemade pasta and of course, foie gras.

The only thing I didn't really like was that as cool as the dining room was made with wood may sound, the wooden chair hurts my butt after awhile. So remember to wiggle and move your bottom around once in awhile.