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davis_square2010-09-10 03:40 pm
hahathor.livejournal.com) wrote in davis_square2010-09-10 03:40 pm
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Foundry mini-review
A friend and I hit the Foundry on its opening night, and were pleasantly surprised not to have a wait for a table for two (it was a bit early, just before 6, but still).
The food was good (not great, but good), the atmosphere pleasant, and the service friendly and efficient, even on their opening night, which I found admirable. It's very much a 2010 restaurant, in that it has a charcuterie plate, a range of "classic cocktails," a selection of flatbreads and the standard high-brow-comfort-foods that seem to be on every menu in the area this summer (e.g. heirloom tomato salad, pasta with goat cheese, pork belly confit).
I had the steak frites, and my vegetarian friend had the veggie kebabs. They were both quite good, and the steak was served as rare as I had requested. We also sampled several of the classic cocktails; the ginger smash was especially good.
Overall, a nice addition to the neighborhood, and I hope they'll manage to last in that space longer than Bowl & Board did.
The food was good (not great, but good), the atmosphere pleasant, and the service friendly and efficient, even on their opening night, which I found admirable. It's very much a 2010 restaurant, in that it has a charcuterie plate, a range of "classic cocktails," a selection of flatbreads and the standard high-brow-comfort-foods that seem to be on every menu in the area this summer (e.g. heirloom tomato salad, pasta with goat cheese, pork belly confit).
I had the steak frites, and my vegetarian friend had the veggie kebabs. They were both quite good, and the steak was served as rare as I had requested. We also sampled several of the classic cocktails; the ginger smash was especially good.
Overall, a nice addition to the neighborhood, and I hope they'll manage to last in that space longer than Bowl & Board did.
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I agree that there's nothing outstanding in the square (I think Gargoyle's used to be, about ten years ago), and there really should be. I think an upscale restaurant on the order of Salts or Menton would do really well here. Anyway, I don't think that The Foundry is outstanding, and frankly it's not all that different from, say Russell House in Harvard Square.