I admit I am sometimes drawn to the challenge of getting a reservation at a place that is reported to be difficult. This one was difficult to get a reservation upon release, but wasn’t too difficult on waitlist. In fact, i received an reservation offer several months in a row from waitlist, but kept declining, but decided I’d go for my b-day which conveniently fell on a weekend this year.

We dressed up a little bit for the occasion, but everyone else was pretty casual and everyone else had previously dined there already. There are only 7 seats, one seating. So that’s part of the reason it’s difficult to get a rez here.

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