It's funny how it can sometimes take a long time to try something out. No, not fried chicken, or Champagne. Please! I've had them each plenty of times. I don't think I've had them together, but the combination absolutely makes sense to me.
No, I mean, it's funny that a restaurant can open in your neighbourhood, and you can walk by it dozens of times, and yet, it takes a couple of years to go in. So, my apologies to Holy Saints! for taking so long.
In fact, Conrad and Van had dined there once when I was out of town, and they did enjoy it. And I have tried twice to go but found myself stymied by something or another. So it took me a while. We have our favourites, as you should know from this blog, and we try to keep up with them instead. Just the same, it is nice to try some place new. Van was on their mailing list and learned about them doing a special dinner tonight, so we went.
The good: the fried chicken was excellent. A half chicken between the two of us, and with the hot sauce on the side.
Can I confess? I don't get having something crispy fried and then dousing it or drizzling it with something wet. Makes no sense to me. The cacio e pepe mac and cheese was tasty, too.
I liked the radicchio and fennel slaw as well - a nice little bite of mustard in the vinaigrette.
And the biscuits
were nicely baked but perhaps not as fresh out of the oven as I would have wanted so as to make the barbecue butter melt into them. Oh, and the Champagne was fine.
The bad: nothing. Nope. Great service, no protracted wait for food, all of it was good. OK, one small thing - we needed a bigger table!
Van and I had a lovely evening, and I will want to go back there to try their regular fare. My summer of eating well continues!
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