Foundry mini-review

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

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.

Comments

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the review! I'm looking forward to trying this place out. It sounds very nice.

We had a mediocre experience last night

[jblack73.livejournal.com]

Terrible service - waiter failed to deliver appetizers and then blamed the kitchen, entrees were served after a very long wait (and one entree took an edditional 10 minutes longer), they had run out of certain beers and did not have the right alcohol for one of their mixed drinks.

Food was alright, but the service really brought the whole experience down.

Let's hope they improve and can stick it out for the long run.

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

Just what Davis Square needs...another restaurant. Whoopee.

[arrowintwolakes.livejournal.com]

I can't seem to find a wine/beer list anywhere. Any info as to what's on tap?

[junesrose.livejournal.com]

1. Since I no longer live in the Square, where exactly did they place this eateryt?

2. You had RARE STEAK while sitting next to a VEGETARIAN? And you lived long enough to post! I'm impressed!

:D

[42itous.livejournal.com]

We went on Tuesday night with some friends from out of town. I had the Thai peanut noodle salad and was unimpressed with it, but Kyle's spaetzle was AWESOME, and the beet salad was good (the beets looked like tuna sashimi, weird but yummy) and the fries were very good.

The waitstaff was obviously still in training, but in what I thought was a charming way.

The one area in which I'd give the restaurant seriously bad marks is the bathroom. It's not dirty, obviously, because it's brand new, but the tile they chose makes it *look* really grimy. But worse than that: there are no paper towels, only blow dryers, and YOU HAVE TO TOUCH THE DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. YUCK. (yes i know i'm being ocd about this but i've read the statistics about how many people actually wash their hands after going to the bathroom and it's disgusting.)

[maelithil.livejournal.com]

I've been twice this past week. Beer selection is pretty awesome, appetizers are good. Great oysters, great cheese plate, delicious bread. Entrees are sub par. Meh.

I'm glad there's more restaurants in Davis, especially one with a raw bar, but I'll be sticking to Posto and their amazing agnolotti.