REVIEW | Yardbird Southern Table
- FOOD: awesome flavors, lots of options, great menu. Now the UGLY – though this mama loooves the whole concept of “Family Style/Southern style sharing”, their take at this time is very misleading. The portions, both the “small shares” and the “big shares” were way too small (especially for the price). Upon recommendation of the waitstaff and explanation of the menu, we definitely didn’t order enough for our hearty appetites. May just be because we have roots in Ohio and have lived in the South, but when a restaurant says “fit for sharing”, we expect sharing size portions and not tapas styles “sharing”. I think we would have been fine with it, if our expectations weren’t BIG.
- SERVICE: bar service was great! waiter was fine. chef came out and apologized for the wait on our brussels sprouts, and gave us the cracklins which was a super plus. hostess was courteous, but something was off — we waited well over 2 hours, while other people that came in after us (without reservations) got seated before us. Luckily we weren’t in a rush and not in a pissy mood.
- AMBIANCE: perfect. Rustic atmosphere, but still clean and put together.
Items Ordered:
(get comfortable, this is gonna take a while!)
Drinks
- Run Passion Run – AMAZING if you like savory/salty. Still a nice amount of sweet, but it has a kick (Sriracha hot sauce in it!)
- Smoked Pear – smoky little piece of heaven
- Porkchop – good, but way sweeter than I was expecting. With a name like Porkchop, I was expecting something heartier
- Southern Peach – light & refreshing
Food
- Fried Green Tomato BLT – delicious, wish there was more.
- Brussels Sprout Leaves – to die for. give them to me now.
- Shrimp ‘N Grits – creamy, savory, perfect texture and shrimp with a nice bite to them – not overcooked
- Mama’s Chicken Biscuits – we loved you, but there wasn’t enough!
- Farmhouse Casserole – good flavor, but if I had to choose, this would be my least fave. Probably because there is no meat!
Other
- Boiled peanuts (on the house) – a nice touch. very meaty and well flavored.
- Pork cracklin’s (on the house) – naughty and amazing. we tried to figure out what the distinct citrusy/vinegary flavor was on top, but to no avail.
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