A student's family kindly gave me a gift certificate for this place. I called, and the manager/waitstaff assured me that I will be safe with glutenfree choices (they have relatives who are very sensitive who have eaten there). Based on this, and my- perhaps- gullibility, we decided to go for it.
Whenever we decide to eat at a new place, we do this usually on a Friday so that I can recover by Monday, if I get sick. I think for many people with food sensitivities, this is a strategy that is common so they don't miss work during the week.
On the menu, they do have a tiny "GF" next to the dishes. Also a "V" for vegan.
Weirdly tucked away from things, easy to miss if you've never been here by car.
Very hipster-ish man-bun-beardy, nice building. When we walked in, it was pretty packed, but we had zero wait time, and got seated at a somewhat sticky table.
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It is a disaster as far as noise levels. I had a noise level meter on my phone (I'm a musician) and it was steadily in the low 90's with some peaks. I could barely hear a word of what my sweety was saying, and asked the waitress to talk louder. She was very nice. Took care of us, I felt safe. Thanks for that.
I ordered the grilled asparagus as a starter (we shared that), and then the pork chop. We were there at dinner-time. My far-better-half had the salmon main dish.
The waitress came back and let me know that the kitchen was a bit concerned about the polenta not being 100% GF-safe (for very sensitive gf folks), and they will do it without.
Food arrived within 10-15 min of order. Although, they removed the polenta from my dish, the pork chop was big. Honkin' big pork chop, and I mean BIG. It was tasty, but WAAAAAY too salty (for me) and sweet (and I really love salt). The meat and the greens were so sweet, to the point that I didn't finish it (if you knew me, you would be shocked). We took it home and "fixed" it later (my sweety is gourmet).
It's been a good week or two since we are there, and I had ZERO reactions, so I'm seriously thrilled with that. It means I can go back and try a few more dishes.
Will we go back? Not sure, truthfully. I have so few other resto options, that it pains me to NOT go.
Another reason I may not be back: For the two of us, one salad shared, and two dinner dishes, no drinks came out to over $70. If I was in a fru-fru resto with quiet and gourmet choices, I would expect to pay that (up to maybe twice that), but not for this, sorry.
I will maybe go back and try the lunch menu- I will bike there, and it's RIGHT ON the Farmington canal trail! So that is a huge plus. And, for the noise, I'll just sit outside at one of the tables. That's nice.
Three stars, I just was disappointed with the overall- not the waitress or the people. Just the whole. read more