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

[teko.livejournal.com]

To be fair, it's not just "another restaurant", since they're also going to be making use of the downstairs theatre space to create a cozy brasserie/theatre with a fireplace. It's actually a pretty creative use of the space and is a restaurant with a different atmosphere than anything else in the square (except for, arguably, the bar side of Gargoyle's).