There's something about great service and amicable engaging people that gets your promoter energy pumping.\r
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Here are the five great things about this restaurant:\r
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1.) Atmosphere. Beautiful, comfortable, elegant and sophisticated.\r
2.) Mike and Molly: world class chefs and friendly owners.\r
3.) Bartender: he's a certified sommelier and I would be comfortable calling him a mixologist. Order a Negroni or a Manhattan.\r
4.) Noticeably absent from the wine list are Silver Joke Cab (or Silver Choke) and Wrongbauer Chard.\r
5.) FOOD!\r
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People who are driving from the Bay area to Tahoe for the weekend should be stopping here for a meal. It's only 4 miles out from the freeway and tops anything in its area. \r
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Perhaps it was a little gluttonous of me to order the charcuterie, foie gras AND the wine pairing meal, but WTF you only live once.\r
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-M
Pros: Burger topped with short rib!
Cons: Not close enough to my house to walk every day.
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