Bethany begins her review, "The new Coterie Room is an official Big Deal, and it looks marvelous...A large mirror on one wall has a message written across the bottom, faded out to almost subliminal: 'We love you. We serve you good food.' The 'we' is Brian McCracken and Dana Tough, the chef team behind Spur (which is just around the corner) and Tavern Law (up on Capitol Hill), which have been on you-have-to-go-there lists in Food & Wine and GQ. The other two places feel more like craft cocktail bars with food—one a contemporized Old West saloon, the other slick speakeasy-style—while the Coterie Room is most definitely a restaurant, one with 'class,' as the gentlemen themselves have said..."
Crab, cracklins, carrots and chicken were some of the items she enjoyed. Click this link (Review of The Coterie Room by The Stranger) to read her course-by-course review of our dinner menu. Some highlights include:
"You could absolutely just go sit at the bar at the Coterie Room, gaze at the wall of plants, eat the cracklins, and leave, secure in the knowledge that your life is more complete"
Smoked King Crab: "a heap of preternaturally tender, moist crab meat—whole joints from the legs—with just the faintest smokiness, as if from a distant driftwood beach fire"
"If you think there's something magic about this fried chicken, you are correct: It's the magic of science... and on a Saturday night, you'll already see platters being carried to tables all around the Coterie Room"
And as for the service, she wrote, "The service at the Coterie Room suits it perfectly—you'll receive a warm rosemary roll that's been nestled within a napkin on a silver tray, then another if you finish that one. They'll leave you formally alone or conspiratorially help you choose a dessert, as you wish (get the Valrhona chocolate tart)."
Thank you to The Stranger for visiting The Coterie Room.
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