North End Bistro

We just had an amazing 1st dinner there tonight. We had reservations for 5:30 and they had a table all set up for us and ready to go. I had an amazing negroni cocktail along with the braised short ribs. The presentation texture and flavor were perfect! The server was fantastic and it was an all around great experience.

Great atmosphere and pleasant waitstaff, if very busy and wait times extra long waiting for a new drink, dessert, and the check. The prices seem to be a bit high for the overall quality of the food. While presentation was good, my salmon seemed past its prime and once home I threw up dinner and was sick throughout the night. For $100 dinner I expect more, certainly not to be charged .75 cents for overly sweet tartar sauce which I waited ten minutes for.

It was very tasty, a little expensive, but it was nice to find a place I hadn’t been to yet that wasn’t a disappointment. The brussel sprouts are so good. They had a maple flavor with crumbled bacon I had the Buffalo chicken melt with bacon and it was really good, and pretty large too. We also had the coconut chicken tenders and they had a sweet, spicy dipping sauce, with fries, also very good. Staff was friendly, but I wish restaurant here would get table side checkout, it took way too long to play the credit card, bill, tip game.

Visited for lunch on a Saturday. Not busy. I felt the prices were quite reasonable. Had an item off their black board: Chorizo, Bacon & Hash. I also had a slice of their Lemon Italian Cream Cake. I did enjoy their odd assortment of beers available. The staff was attentive. The only negative was after leaving; the route to my vehicle took me by the back of the restaurant where it seemed the entire staff was taking a break smoking.