Menu - North

I am not a foodie. I enjoy good food and great cocktails. I booked a res at North since we were staying at The Dean, and I am not sure what I was expecting, but... read more I am not a foodie. I enjoy good food and great cocktails. I booked a res at North since we were staying at The Dean, and I am not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn 't this! Tiny space, we were seated closer to people than we have been used to in recent years, but that 's all good. The menu is very small, and not clearly delineated between what is apps vs entrees. Our server was phenomenal and explained the apps were on the left, entrees on the right, and served family style. Started with drinks, I got the Brown Derby, which is a bourbon cocktail, husband got the Proclamation citra pale ale. Both fantastic drinks, the bourbon I felt was a very small pour, especially for the price. The beer was excellent, if you like hoppy and citrus flavors. Food: I am not going to lie, I was a bit worried when we first arrived and saw the menu. I thought it was going to all be little frou frou bites and we would have to hit up the pizza place across the street after. I was very, very wrong. (4 adults) We started with a double order of the tiny ham sandwiches, as I had seen mention of those on other reviews that I glanced at. I 'm going to need the recipe for those, and I have to say that they would be the PERFECT late night, post bar food . Absolutely delicious. They look like fluffy biscuits with a spoonful of chopped ham inside, but they taste like the best buttery grilled cheese, with savory ham and mustard. One of my friends commented that the ONLY thing they could think that would make these better would be a dot of wasabi. Good grief, yes, please. We also ordered the oysters and littlenecks, those were good, definetely more oyster people than littlenecks. Super appreciated that they were well prepared and pre loosened from the shell. Fried brussels freaking delicious. Dan Dan Husband loved this, I mostly loved it. I can 't quite put my finger on what I didn 't love, but this dish is one that you need to eat all apiece, with everything from the dish in each bite. I 'm not convinced that the squid added anything to the dish, and the rice things felt out of place. The flavors allllllll together, however...super good. Chicken ramen I think this was collectively our least favorite dish, however, that 's only ranking things out, not that this dish was poor by any stretch. The portion is massive, easily fed the four of us, with leftovers, The noodles were perfectly chewy, not terribly flavorful on their own. The broth was the superstar, rich, with a nice kick. Would have loved more veggies included in this one. Sesame noodles 5 stars. for sure our favorite dish. Spicy, with sweet kicks from the sesame candy. I would 100% order this again. Chicken confit 3 out of 4 of us enjoyed this. Husband thought the chicken was bland, we think he lost his mind. He obviously doesn 't know how hard it can be to perfectly cook a chicken. It wasn 't overly seasoned, but that is because it was nestled in a bed of perfection. The roasted veggies were sweet and savory, and the chicken provided an excellant texture contrast to the melt in your mouth rutabaga and greens. so, so good. Dessert it was husband 's birthday so he chose the miso tres leche cake. Two of the four LOVED it, and devoured every bite. The other two most certainly did NOT enjoy it. If you LOVE coconut, get this. If you do not LOVE coconut, just admire the pretty and enjoy something else. Experience: Our service was EXCELLANT. From start to finish. Timing was perfect, we didn 't wait more than a couple of minutes from sitting down before he was introducing the menu and taking drinks. He kept our table free of clutter and ensured we had everything we needed without us needing to ask for a thing. I very much appreciate having the still water already on the table and replaced mid way. I hate asking for water, and I drink a lot of it. A I did really dislike the seating. Sorry! I 'm a middle aged woman with too much chub and no core muscles. sitting on a bench for two hours is not an easy task. My back hurt so much by the

Went because friends have been raving about this place but was quite underwhelmed. I think the best thing they had were the warm ham biscuits. They came out sup... read more Went because friends have been raving about this place but was quite underwhelmed. I think the best thing they had were the warm ham biscuits. They came out super warm and buttery and the beet mustard was the most incredible ketchupg mustardy sweet flavor ever! We got the sesame noodles which were really oily and spicy? and nothing special from something i could cook from home? The knife cut fresh noodles were soft and chewy and wonderful! The dan dan noodles were extremely spicy? and overwhelming with cilantro flavor? and it was a tiny portion for $17. Staff were incredibly kind and decor was cute. Wondering if today was an off day?