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

[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.)

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

You're that germophobic, and you haven't figured out how to turn doorknobs using your shirt?

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

This, and also, there are lots of restaurants like that. Heck, i think diesel might even have that set up. If you are that worried, you could also use a bit of toilet paper as a "shield".

[42itous.livejournal.com]

It's true, I have this gripe about lots of places. But most places that I've seen the blow-dryers, I've also seen either a stack of paper towels or (best of all) the doorway turns a corner so no door is needed (usually see this at airports and truck stops).

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

That's true.

I was at a rest stop on the Pike this week, and saw that the bathroom door had a "foot pull" thing to open the door with your foot to avoid using the handle. I thought it was pretty neat.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen one of those -- that is neat!

[42itous.livejournal.com]

In the winter I use my shirt sleeves. In this case, I used my skirt, but I was also thankful that I hadn't needed the bathroom until after the meal.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

um, because i want someone's shitty hand germs on my clothes? no way. i've learned to use my foot for a lot of doors :p