Top notch cuisine

Posted byjohn15aa9on 3/28/2009

They said it all in their commercial when they said...great food, great place. It has a mom and pop feel with great quality food.

Great food.

Posted bythetacomanon 12/1/2007

Diners have a choice between a four-course tasting menu ($79), with choices in each category; a six-course tasting menu ($90), also available in a vegetarian option ($76); and a nine-course tasting menu ($120), which has no printed menu because Short cooks for the table. His creations can be matched with wines for $89 a person. When diners are seated, they're welcomed with a shot of melon soup backed with just enough chile heat to tweak the palate. After diners make a selection, another surprise arrives, a tidbit that turns out to be one of the most memorable of the night -- two shrimp on a bed of fava beans and crunchy vegetables that formed waves of undulating texture and bright diamonds of flavor. We ordered the chef's tasting menu because I thought it would best show off what the chef could do. Each diner at the table gets a different preparation. Mine started with domestic osetra caviar on potato blini with a slice of house-smoked sturgeon, a dollop of creme fraiche and a puddle of Hollandaise. My tablemate had osetra with salmon tartare and miso mustard sauce.

Posted byminnie3117on 12/19/2006