Three visits, three different groups (a deux, for four, for eight) and three good times.\r
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D'Cache has a really welcoming vibe to it - the four or five different seating areas break things up nicely, the service is tremendous and and I like the fact that the chef checks up on me to see how I""m enjoying the food. I don't know enough about regional spanish food to say that this is authentic, but authentic or not, it's great. Our standout favorites - beef short ribs, truly exceptional roast lamb deboned tableside (although the serving dish does fill the room with smoke every time it's brought out) and the paella.\r
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I'd struggle to call the appetizers true tapas - to my mind they're too big for that, but judge them as appetizers and they're fine - there's a pizza-style oven bread (the correct name escapes me) which is great.\r
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On our third visit they'd got a full bar license; we like the wine list as it has some spanish selections somewhat off the beaten track, and the wait staff know enough about the menu and the wine list to make interesting recommendations.\r
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Add live music at a volume where you can still hear yourself talk at the table, and a couple of gargles of rioja poured directly down your throat from the wineskin (sure, why not?) when you'e finished your dinner and it's a fun evening with great service and good food.\r
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If only the tables were actually large enough for all the plates, glasses and bottles, it would be perfect; it's a bit of a squeeze to get everything on there, and you finally start trading - lose the water glass, keep the wine glass, lose the butter, keep the olive oil, that kind of thing.\r
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They could help the parking situation (and finding the place) by putting the valet actually on the street, rather than hiding him in the entrance to the rear parking lot. As this entrance is only one car wide, then it can be a little slow to drop your car off - even slower to pick it up.\r
Pros: Food, see-into kitchen, decor
Cons: Small tables, odd valet parking setup
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