In short time we’ve jumped back ahead of schedule for the 26 restaurants in ’26 challenge.
This was a big hitter on the list of restaurants we did not get to last year. We finally got in a reservation a month out and went last week. Another believe the hype moment. A fine dining experience with nearly every ingredient sourced in Virginia. What that meant was a the menu that changes seasonally, and everything we had was excellent. We had the cheese tray, smoked trout, scallops, charred carrots, and the best porkchop I’ve ever had. Oh the cocktails were killer too.
More fine dining and the day after we ate at Adarra. Still “fancy” vibes, but a bit more casual. Big thumbs up from us and the couple we went out with. The mussels and venison starters were delicious and the ribeye and glazed duck break we had as mains were too. I did not have the heart to put their porkchop up chop for chop with the meal I had the night before. Finally, cocktails were the only shaky ground on an otherwise solid meal. Not a lot of nuance or balance.
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