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escamuel t1_j5w1nre wrote

Reply to comment by XanderCruse in James Beard Awards recognize Ekiben and Foraged chefs — but not Cindy Wolf by Cody_in_Baltimore

Not my experience when it was in Hampden, went twice and it was pretty meh. I was honestly shocked by this. Maybe there's a different chef now?

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kempsc88 t1_j5x4fam wrote

We had a small rock mixed in with the mushrooms in one of our dishes. It was in my mouth and I was so lucky to feel it and not break my tooth. Guess their foraging needs to be a little more selective. They were very apologetic, but I don't think they realized it was actually in my mouth because the waiter immediately picked it up off the plate after we told him.

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escamuel t1_j5x4qaf wrote

That sucks but was the food good sans the rock? Mine was just kinda run of the mill.

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kempsc88 t1_j5x4uxx wrote

It was good, but nothing James Beard worthy.

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DfcukinLite t1_j5wwp01 wrote

The head chef and owner is the same as it always been. Chris Amadola. I worked with him at Fleet Street kitchen in 2012 and I knew then he would do great things.

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isahayajoe t1_j5wunfn wrote

I too was unimpressed: a huge tab for salad dressing smeared on the plate instead of on the salad. I won’t be back.

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XanderCruse t1_j5yl4zl wrote

Never went to it before it was in Station North. It's possible that he has just gotten better. I tried a bunch of the plates there and everything was great. I do feel like the non-meat parts of the dishes are the best parts, though.

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AreWeCowabunga t1_j5x6w7h wrote

I had a similar experience the one time I went there. I’m willing to give it another chance by my gf was totally turned off by the place.

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