re: Gouter, Overpass Merchant, Roux 61

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Both time I had it, it was bland. Curbside and Barcadia were not like that, so I'm not sure what changed.

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I'm guessing that with the Curbside brick and mortar in the plans, Nick Hufft didn't want to have his signature hamburger available at Overpass Merchant as well. I can't imagine that the goal when he built the menu for Overpass Merchant was to have identical items to what he was planning to offer at Curbside or even the same general philosophy about the menu.

I always got the impression that the Overpass Merchant's idea was "I'm going to give you more upscale bar food than what you might be used to" compared to Curbside's "I'm just going to make burgers, but they're going to be fricking awesome".

I'm a mark for the chicken skins at Overpass Merchant, but I don't imagine I'll find them at Curbside when they open. They're two totally different places.