First time Diner to Black Pearl Restaurant, UBER IMPRESSED!!!!!! recently moved to Wash Park neighborhood, and found beautiful independently owned new american bistro featuring organic, and fresh in-season locally grown ingredients. Recently moved to Denver from LA, and so impressed with Black Pearl Expirence had to tell evryone I know. In LA, a grass fed organic cut of beef, paired with an appetizer and dessert with wine is going to cost a minimum of 100.00 a person!!!! Not in Wash Park, Executive Chef Sean Huggard uses simple ingredients apllied to a creative menu where the ingedients stand alone for themselves, and represent the quality of the restaurant and the products that came to our table. Our server reccomended a three course tasting menu, that was 3 courses for 33 dollars featured as a weekly prefixed menu option. Unbeatable, My mother and I did the tasting menu, while two friends from NYC enjoyed organic grass fed ribeyes prepared ""Tuscan Style"" with a cedar planked smoked potato hash. We paired three courses with two bottles for 4 people. A crisp Sav Blanc for appetizers and Cheese platter, and one of the best California Pinot Noirs Ive had. My mother insisted on paying the bill, when our server dropped the check, my mother from Southern California thought, ""there must be some mistake, the bill is too cheap, maybe they left off a bottle of wine or something""???? We asked our server and he reassured us everything was accurate. Our bill was barely over 200 for four people!!! Mom was so impressed she left a 60% gratutity for our server, (Tall, handsome dark haired young man)I believe his name was Brad? This same quality meal/service in Southern California, twice the amount for sure. Great Job guys, Love the concept you have established (moderately priced casual fine dining)!!!
Pros: a menu featuring organic and locally grown products/ingredients in manner which exemplifies culinary intelligence, and perfect execution
Cons: traveling on business to Italy next three months and wont get a chance to come back until after Thanksgiving
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