Coquette was Amazing

I had the pleasure of having dinner at Coquette for the first time last night. It was nothing short of amazing!

The atmosphere is warm and beautiful. I highly recommend it for a nice date night. I probably wouldn't go there for a first date (take note Neauxla), but for a 4th or later, it would be perfect.

My date and I are both foodies, so we decided to go with the Blind Tasting. It's pricey at $70, but I felt it was well worth it for the amount and quality of food and the creativity of the dishes.

We had 7 courses. The highlights were the chicken fried sweetbreads with celery, fennel and hot sauce which had me literally moaning with every bite and also the seared sea scallops with pork belly, beet jam and marinated kale.

Other courses included a market vegetable salad, butternut squash cavatelli and beef cheeks over stone ground oatmeal. Again, everything was great and I especially loved how their menu changes daily based on what they can get fresh, with a focus on buying local.

The only course that didn't wow me was dessert. I don't even have a clear memory what it was. I think it was a kind of ice cream and it was topped with little Lucky Charms shaped merinque pieces. It wasn't bad, but just an o.k. end to what was one of the best meals I've had in a very long time.

The service was very attentive without being overly so. The timing between courses was perfect. The owner came out and chatted with us for a good while. I was impressed that when I was talking about how much I loved the sweetbreads, in true Macy's Santa Clause fashion he said..."You want to know where to get the best sweetbreads?", then at the same time we both proclaimed..."La Boca!!"

Although such an amazing night out isn't something one can do regularly, I'm really looking forward to trying it soon for both lunch and their happy hour specials!