xs baltimore

i was heading out for anightwith a friend and our first stop was to have dinner. driving up charles st. we decided to stop at xs baltimore for dinner. i loved the atmosphere as soon as we walked in.

great food, subpar service. i love xs and eat there frequently. lots of vegetarian options and the staff is usually respectful of vegetarian and vegan requests. they also have great coffee and espresso drinks. however, the service is spotty, there are some nice employees, but when a certain manager is working (atnightusually) expect to be treated poorly and wait longer for your meal. the most annoying part of xs, besides the occasional rude service, is that checks will not be split. if you dare even ask for a check to be split, you will feel as if you've caused a crisis situation.

nice place-weird atmosphere. we went there lastnightafter seeing a movie at the senator. we sat all the way up top and were alone, which was nice. we had the calamari, spicy salmon rolls, and tuna rolls. all of it was great stuff. loved the calamari. we also order a bottle of trivento malbec, which felt like it came directly out of the sun. seriously, it was so hot we had to add ice to it! we ended thenightwith cupcakes and sadly they missed the mark. due to the heat, they had to refrigerate them and the cake just tasted blah. the icing however, was spot on and i ate all mine off.

the other reason we sat on the top floor was due to excessively annoying music. i don't understand why a restaurant needs to have very loud annoying dance music blasting through the speakers. they don't even have a dance floor and its not like xs is that trendy of a place.

so all and all, even though the wine was hot as bath water and the music was annoying, i like the place and loved the food. i'd love for us to go back and try out some other foods and maybe their breakfast menu.