Definitely true. I really wanted this to be my new within-walking distance joint. When we went we found ourselves continually ordering plate after plate to try and feel satisfied. After $90 we gave up. The food was good, though nearly everything we ordered seemd to have some variation of an aioli or cream sauce involved.
The music was strange too, it was like someone loaded their ipod with all the hits of the day five to eight years ago...and then hadn't changed it since.
This review is right on. We went there and had to go out for more to eat afterwards, and we are not super-size kind of people, but would like to feel satisfied for the money spent. That hot dog and bean dish may have had some secret local ingredient but it tasted like what my mother used to make for us as kids, only it was about two mouthfuls....The clincher though was when to begin, I ordered a martini, dirty with 3 olives and the waiter informed me that they had not yet "sourced the olives locally". C'mon....is there an olive tree beneath 405 there to pick from- who gets locally sourced olives, or citrus for that matter?? It actually made us giggle as it was so over the top hip PDX foodie speak...and when my husband responded with "Safeway down the street is local" I don't think the waiter giggled back. That said, we were SO excited for a new local place to hang and have good food. It is good food, not enough of it and way too expensive for what you get. bummer.
The music was strange too, it was like someone loaded their ipod with all the hits of the day five to eight years ago...and then hadn't changed it since.
Is the CAPS button on your keyboard stuck?