[Orik]

The skirt stake is very good, but comes with potatoes that are covered with terrible onion marmalade (seemed like an ad for the eradication of balsamic vinegar and any flavor it resembles) - overall a worthy replacement to the onglet at Flea Market. Spaghetti is weird and at least tonight had a nail clipping or something much like it in the sauce. Fried oysters on guac are ok, eggplant spread exemplary. The place was empty while Back Forty had thousands cracking crabs.

[Steven Dilley]

Picturing you at the Brindle Room or the USGM post-trip saddens me more than it should. Such an abrupt transition. One should at least have to pass through Canada or CA for a few days to lessen the blow.

[Stone]

I was there last night as well, although I missed the prodigal son, and have to agree about the onion marmalade. At most, there should have been a dollop on the side of the plate. It wasn't very good, and completely overwhelmed the steak. I think that generally, Spector needs to refine the presentation of the dishes. Although they tend towards large portions, which is nice, they could be plated a bit more elegantly. I liked the roasted cauliflower in Parmesan broth, although when they served the same dish with broccoli rabe, I didn't like the bitterness of the rabe mixed well with the Parmesan. I also liked the eggplant. He added rosemary to the brandade, which tastes pretty good, but kind of takes over the dish. Black bass with asparagus and favas was also very good, with a nice salsa verde (although I still think too much, and the green sauce on the green veggies left the plate looking a tad bland).