Excellent place for a pre-Shea's meal. Â We had a 5:30pm reservation on a Wednesday before our 7:30pm show @ Shea's (Book of Mormon!) Â We were seated promptly, the watier asked if we were going to a show & kept our service moving right along. Â We were out by 7:10pm (there did seem to be a bit of a delay between our small plates & our main dishes, but without being asked the waiter told us he had inquired about our meals & they would be coming out shortly - they did.)
Small plates were: the beet salad with goat cheese (scrumptious - the fried goat cheese & citrus vinegarette were the perfect compliment to the beets), softshell crab special (delicious), and the rock shrimp & calamari (a litte on the spicy side & not that unique - seems everyone's got fried calimari on their menu these days. Â BUT - it was light fried & perfectly tender - not rubbery at all. Nicely done.)
Large plates: Shrimp-crusted mahi mahi, and a salmon dish. Â I tasted the mahi mahi & it was good; I am not a huge fan of fish so I don't have a lot to compare it to, but both companions decared their meal a hit. Â I went for the carbonara: pork belly with a poached egg over homemade gnocchi & pea puree cream sauce. Â This? Â Is scrumptious! Â I always think I'm going to love pork belly, then I rarely do because it ends up being dried/charred meat with a lot of fat. Â Not this time - it was awesome! Â The gnocchi were a little odd - they looked like long tubes rather than little pillows. Â Different presentation, or did someone forget to cut them? Â LOL - no matter, they were light & airy.
My one little complaint - website online is NOT accurate/UTD. Â We were disappointed that there were no scallops on the menu anymore, esp. after thinking about eating them all day. Â :(