Normally when we go out to eat somewhere, I totally remember every last detail of the meal well after the fact that I ate there. One night, my dining/life partner and I were in the Greenlake area for a music performance of a friend of mine. I remember the coffee shop we were in for that performance vividly (Forza), I remember the music, I remember us strolling on the sidewalk after looking for a place to eat, I remember walking into Nell's. I also remember that we were by far the youngest people (and most under-dressed unfortunately) in the restaurant and that there was an entire table of elderly couples celebrating a birthday and the men were all wearing bow ties. I cannot, however, for the life of me, recall what we actually had for our meal that night. This means that it wasn't horrible, the service was average, the setting was a bit fancier than expected. This also means that the food was not all that memorable. It did not call out to me "you must come back again for more". I wish I had nicer things to say about this place because if you look at their menu online, it actually looks quite creative.
Great location. Okay cocktails. A bit spendy, but potentially a romantic date night. I am tempted to go back just so I can have something more substantial to say. Of course, I'll need to wait about 25 years so that I am actually in the diners' demographic.
I would skip this one and go back to Forza instead for the salmon salad and a glass of wine.
http://www.nellsrestaurant.com/
Ha! Just found pictures of what we had! No idea what it was though. I think mine was some sort of french onion tart, my main squeeze appears to have had the duck, and then it was a fruit panna cotta from what I can tell with the picture. Thank goodness for the iPhone for this reason.
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