5/5 stars
Next time your friends try to tout about Ikea's seafood section, take their ass to Court........Street Lobster Bar. (And also get new friends. Who buys seafood from Ikea)
Focused on the Sebastians of the Little Mermaid lineup, CSLB dresses up its star in many different salads, soups, and sides. And many are worth trying on in your mouth.
FOOD FACTS
1) We chose the Connecticut roll instead of Maine, because Butter beats Mayo in every Vegas title fight.....plus Maine is cold as a butt.
We chose correctly.
And the Sixteen Bricks bread should come with Sixteen Candles, as it's a celebration in your mouth. Though there are tastier things on the menu, like....
....2) The Lobster Mac&Cheese, even though it was short on lobster, and possibly cheese. It was certainly not short on Macaronis, or flavor. Top 3 Mac&Cheese in this city.
But the lobster that was in there was tastier than the lobster in the roll....as if one was sourced from the Pacific, and the other from a jacuzzi.
3) The Lobster Poutine may have been even better, I think my favorite dish.
I usually don't pig out on Poutine...........you see "Poutine," I see "Poo Teen"....as in "Underage Feces." And that's what Poutine usually tastes like to me.
But this Poutine was just the right age, in both taste and also age.
4) The Chowder didn't medal in this Taste Olympics, but maybe next time try to meddle with its taste thru the table-placed Sriracha.
Speaking of, I feel like the Era of table-placed Sriracha has passed. But we'll leave that for the hipster gods to instagram about.
NON-FOOD FACTS
1) The other table error was plastic silverware. It is counter-service, which sets a relaxed tone. And granted, seafood is the softest of meats......but this is lobster we're dealing with, and that bitch has claws.
Plus, the Lobster Rolls' royce price is listed as "MP" (Market Price).
You have to earn the right to price something as Market Price, and plastic silverware doesn't get you there. That's like wearing a wife beater to a wedding, but complaining about valet.
I'd rather they just list a permanent price, even if it's high. That way, dates don't become a showcase of how much money I can put on my credit card.
2) You have to go to a different person to order booze......in the Age of Convenience, this inconveniences my patience and habits.
3) With that said, the staff is stacked with attentiveness. It could've been because they weren't busy (on a Wed night). But I still love attention, just as much as the next Youtube toddler.
4) Started with good music, but at some point, someone's butt must've bumped the wrong Pandora station. Because it went from Beatles to Creed, and Creed will cost you a yelp star.
Brave are the first-time restaurateurs who open up outside of OTR. But they nailed both the feel and taste of the place right in the bull's belly-button.....with food that fellates your face.