No surprise, but Rick Nelson gives thumbs up (after one dine) to Porter & Frye, the new restaurant in the Ivy Hotel + Residences downtown. He raves about, among other dishes, the main course lamb and the cured meat appetizer. Amazingly, Kathie Jenkins rips into both of those dishes specifically, saying the lamb was so rare that "each bite took about five minutes to chew" and comparing the "sausage platter" to "a plate of nachos, a half pound of thin-sliced meat layered with just a few crackers and a little bit of parmesan."
Are these reactions unexpected? Probably not. I'll be interested to see what they have to say in full reviews, but I suspect it'll be more of the same. Nelson strikes me as a solid reviewer with just a bit of rah-rah for the glitzy new kids, while Jenkins seems to enjoy being a contrarian and somewhat more lowbrow.
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