Ignite Bar & Grille

Tucked back down a side street is Ignite.  My friend lives in the area, so luckily they knew where we were going.  It was a beautiful night in the Queen City and all of the outside tables were taken, so we took a seat at a hightop in the bar.

Our server, Kelsea, was a friendly, attentive young woman.  We started with vodka martinis and I elected to make mine "Ignite" which meant that it had jalapeno juice in it in lieu of olive juice.  It was quite tasty - I might have to try that at home.  Kelsea also put blue-cheese stuffed olives in it.

For dinner, I elected for the Chicken Picatta Ignite.  No, not everything has "Ignite" in the name.  "Ignite" means that the chef has taken a normal dish and add some spice/hotness to it.  In this case, in addition to the normal chicken picatta over linguini, there were pepperoncinis (peppers).  Fortunately, I am as much fond of spice as I am trying new places and Yelping about it.

Overall, it was a great meal.  If I had been in town alone, I would have elected to sit at the bar and watch the action in the kitchen.  The owner, Neville (spelling?), came over at one point and asked how we enjoyed it.  He was consummate host and obviously knows what he is doing (he owns several other restaurants).

Went with a group of friends to celebrate a birthday.  It was a bit difficult to fit our group of 5 around the table but with a chair pulled to the end we did manage.  I think they said we could have also pulled a second table over.
Air conditioner was a bit cold on us as we were sitting in the back and it was blowing down on our group.  The waiter  attempted to change the direction of the air when asked.
My food was good and my drink okay.  Will most likely go back again but when my party is a group of 2-4.

Excellent food, drinks and service!!