Decca Restaurant

We went last night (2/23/13) with family to celebrate my 41st birthday, as well as take advantage of the 502 Restaurant Week deals.
We had a reservation and were seated within seconds of walking in the door.
We started the evening with a few of the house bourbon mixed drinks The Waysider and the Bitchy (something or other). Im not a huge fan of Bourbon but these two drinks are both awesome and a great way to start the evening.
Our table did a mixture of the two offered appetizers from the 502 menu, the onion and white bean soup, and the beet salad. I personally had the onion and white bean soup with chicken fat croutons and it was delicious. My 10 month old daughter who, accompanied us for dinner, was also a huge fan of the soup.
Dinner for the evening was a choice of either skirt steak or a roasted chicken. While the meats in both courses were delicious and well prepared I think the stand outs were the sides. The steak was served with sweet creamed carrots that when mixed with the chimichurri suace from the steak was out of this world. The same for the creamy polenta served with the chicken, incredible.
Over all the staff were amazingly prompt and attentive. The service was exemplary and they were very accommodating of us dining with our ten month old daughter.
The only thing keeping them from 5 stars was the lack of a changing table/platform in either the men's or ladies restrooms to change our daughter on prior to heading home.
We are huge fans will definitely be back.

My part, of our party of eight, arrived a few minutes late and we found the staff to be helpful and we were seated immediately.  As we were in a decent sized party I expected the service to spotty through the night and really the beginning when we were ordering so many different cocktails is the only time I had to wait a little long for anything and that was understandable (bourbon cocktail, wine, rocks drinks, more cocktails).

We ordered our apps and entrees at staggered times and our server, and the back of the house, had no problem getting food out to us in acceptable intervals.  I ordered both the appetizer and the entree specials which were a salmon carpaccio, and a bone-in pork chop.  Both were above my standards and were very flavorful.  I would say my only critique would be a finer knife work on the carpaccio.  The bone-in pork chop was a great quality cut of meat and had just the right amount of fat.  

The myriad of other drinks, apps, and entrees that I tried were all great.  I will however say that I am not a fan of aoli with my mussels, the aoli overpowers the flavor of the mussels to much.  My favorite entree, other than mine, was the braised  pork cheek.  The flavor and texture were spot on, maybe it could be served with a little more garnish so as to not be so lonely on the plate though.  My friend who ordered the cheek looked at my plate and was jealous of my portion.  Although in the end he was very satisfied.  

I tried the Meyer Lemon Pot de Creme for dessert and was a little underwhelmed.   I was expecting the strong scent and flavor that you get when you cut into a fresh Meyer Lemon and it just wasn't there.

Overall would come back and would recommend.

Absolutely wonderful experience. Wonderful service by a very attentive, knowledgable staff.  Started our evening with drinks and a starter of mussels with spiced garbanzos and a lemon aioli (everything was good, but the mussels I especially enjoyed)  Mussels were perfectly prepared  and the perfect beginning for our entre of braised pork cheeks (wife's choice) and the seared black grouper for me. We capped of the meal sharing a chocolate devils food cake with coffee ice cream.  Decca is now one of our favorites in Louisville!