Snap judgments, however, are hardly representative of a restaurant's potential, and Session Kitchen, which I review this week, is a good reminder why.
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If I had reviewed this restaurant when it opened last fall, I would've written about a place with stunning décor, intriguing food, and a semi-frustrating concept called "sessions," with dishes sized and priced for the number of people who wanted them. The place was clearly reaching for the stars -- and falling short.
So Breckenridge-Wynkoop, the group behind Session Kitchen, did what restaurateurs usually do, which is to wait a few months, then reevaluate how things are going. What dishes need to go? What parts of the menu need clarifying? Where does staff need extra training? In Session Kitchen's case, the answers led to a restaurant that's very different from when it first opened.
Find out what tweaks were made, and how the restaurant is doing as it has settled in, when my review is posted here tomorrow.