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Matt Laine - Farmers Insurance Agent
I can't express how happy I am to do this review, my family loves this place and we always enjoy a trip to this restaurant. I got to say they didn't disappoint us (per usual). If you haven't been here, go immediately because it is amazing!
We went on Saturday afternoon, and all the tables were mostly sat, but there wasn't a line...yet. Almost every time we go, there is a long line and the place is packed, so we got lucky this time. When you walk in, it is always spotless and you can see their massive and beautiful kitchen, which is on display for everyone. They always have plenty of staff to take care of everyone, which is funny because they don't really wait on you at your table. You order at the front and then sit at a table to wait for them to bring it out. If they aren't too busy, they will walk around and refill drinks, but when it's busy they all seem to have another job to fulfill, which is fine because you can go get your own refills. Once we ordered and paid, we were able to easily find a seat, which is sometimes tricky during a rush because some people find seats before ordering, which they ask you not to do because there are others that will get their food before you. I got to say even when waiting for a table, we've never had food arrive before we got one. So just follow suit everyone, wait for those tables until after you order, just smoothes out the process for everyone. I did get a chance to check the bathroom out, which is in the back and you have to walk down a poorly lit hallway so my hopes kind of dropped a bit based on that, but once I opened the door, it too was spotless. Smelled like they kept air fresheners in there and definitely didn't follow the vibe of the hallway leading to it. I didn't go into the west side building, but I have been before and its just more seating with a slightly different vibe than the main part. All in all, this place is just great, they keep it really clean, even with the massively exposed kitchen, and they are fast for the great food they produce. A bit pricey, but you get what you pay for here.
We ordered burrata cheese with the tomatoes and toast, a pistachio pizza (yes you read that right, pistachio), and a vegetable bowl with chicken added for some protein. Most of you might be thinking this doesn't sound like the easiest thing to eat with a 1 year old...well she loved it all! The burrata cheese has such a creamy delicious center to spread on the toast (one downside is the toast is never cut all the way through) and the sweet tomatoes add the perfect balance to this appetizer. Our daughter wouldn't dare give up her piece of toast. The pistachio pizza sounds weird, but it's a pistachio pesto sauce they place under the cheese and then they add basil, spicy sausage, and hot honey drizzles. Just thinking about it again makes my mouth water! This pizza is a thin crust cooked in a brick oven (you all know I love that) and it has a small kick to it with that sausage and honey. Just enough to let you know there's a bit of heat on it all. Finally, the vegetable bowl, which was the only thing to get our daughter to finally put that bread down. It was full of brussels sprouts, carrots, squash, and the chicken we added. The chicken was soft and succulent, just cooked to perfection, and the veggies were all roasted beautifully and seasoned with some sort of magical, super addictive seasoning. When I tell you all this, it will sound weird, but our daughter loved (and I can't express that word enough here) the brussels sprouts, don't worry we took photo evidence lol. She ate all the different veggies and chicken in the bowl, but she literally started dancing in her seat each time she grabbed a Brussel sprout. They have them halved, and then she just kept eating them like that, which scared us at first, but she figured it out and fell in love with them. Even the next day, when we reheated the bowl for her (we used a skillet with some water to steam them all again) she still loved those brussels sprouts.
If all that amazing food isn't enough for you, they have a dessert area as well, with cheesecakes, macaroons, and freshly made gelato. We didn't get any dessert this time but we have before and I think the macaroons were our favorite. We've had some in Vegas before and they didn't even compare to this local shop in our humble city of Evansville. So a tip of the hat to whoever bakes those! The gelato is great too, I took some pictures of the flavors available when we went, but I know they switch them up frequently. Even if you don't get dinner here, it's a great place for a quick dessert date or just grab some macaroons to go, we've done it a few times. read more