Was actually our Plan A. Come on, how many people make that joke? More than you know, because I'm almost positive this place is under the radar in Sacramento. It helps that it's on the backside of a non-descript retail shopping plaza.
The Good - They have sweetbreads on the menu as an appetizer for $13.50! It comes with various vegetables (what they describe as a "vegetable medley," I hate that term) in a puff pastry shell, which is a cute riff on the All-American Chicken Pot Pie. Service is speedy, food is hot and the menu simple. Just the way an ideal restaurant would be. I had an amazingly perfect charred on the outside and pink on the inside rib eye steak, thin and crispy frites and an interesting spin on ratatouille for $21. Plus, the inside of this joint is really beautiful, modern with clean lines and intimate.
They have mussels, many mussels, five different kinds in fact. Me lad got the Nantaise (like from Nantes?) with butter and cream for $12.
The Bad - The tartlet we ordered had some delicious flavors. Pancetta, potatoes and caramelized onions on flatbread, and the only complaint I have is where the dough was folded over to give it's decorative border...it was too chewy and undercooked to cut through. Even with a knife. But, the rest of it was cracker crispy.
The Ugly - The finely chopped sweetbread bits could have been any number of things placed in that faux chicken potpie. They could have been chicken thighs for all I know. I had imagined them being the superstar and center stage, where you could clearly identify them from eyesight and taste. They were almost non-existent. I think they should stop playing it safe (tons of young people working here)
Something else that is completely not related to service or the food here, why were me and the lad the only people under 50 in this joint on a Saturday night? Is this what Sacramento dining has in store for me? Does it offer a complete lack of ethnic and age diversity amongst its diners? Bah.
555 La Sierra Dr
Sacramento, CA 95864
(916) 483-3000
