perhaps an off night for kitchen staff. hope, our server, was friendly, informative, and professional. she paced the dinner nicely. we ordered salmon with barley risotto with lobster buerre blanc ( under the title - family style (feeds 2 maybe 3 people)) we were brought a nice plate of bread with feta, olive oil, balsamic reduction and a few pepper flakes. our salad came next. mixed greens with balsamic vinegar, mozzerella and sliced tomatoes (not bad but the kitchen tongs were greasy - no doubt, due to the salad person that prepared the salad) then our wings. an extra course, we had half asian bbq and half buffalo, they were very crisp, maybe a little too much, but delicious.
the downfall. i believe a possible recovery was possible but the business handles it poorly. our salmon, prepared well done was over white rice with sauteed red onion, red and green peppers and topped with a garnich of lobster meat. when hope asked how it was, i said this isn't barley risotto. it looks like pilaf. when she returned from the kitchen, the chef said it is indeed risotto. aside from have no possible resemblance to risotto, from the type of rice used (traditionaly arborio) the texture was not even near and that had never been our complaint - - it wasn't barley. the server had come back and said this was the 3rd to be served tonight and it did look different than normal.
the dish looked to me like they had taken the jambalaya dish and put our salmon on top.
on the menu, it says to ask for either of the two owners if you need to speak with them for special requests. yet we clearly had an issue and even after they cooked barley "to order" for our meal, she never once stopped by but instead avoided all contact with us. we were not offered a round of drinks, not a dessert, not 1 cent.
the only thing to be sure of, we will not return. our best wishes to hope however.