Hey there! Remember when I waxed poetic about the pork belly at Incanto? Well, I may have found a dish that rivals it and it’s that dish you see up there in the picture. The salt roasted bone marrow appetizer at Wayfare Tavern. Perfectly paired with sourdough bread and rutabaga jam, the bone marrow was tasty and oh so fatty in a good way. But let me start from the beginning.
Wayfare Tavern is Tyler Florence’s flagship restaurant, and being a fan of Tyler Florence, I knew we had to try it out. I made reservations a month in advance but could only manage a 9:15pm slot, which worked out well for us since we ended up sitting at the chef’s table, which is basically a counter with a direct view of the kitchen and the chefs hard at work. It was so much fun seeing the chefs preparing all the food and in the end we wanted to try everything we saw coming out of that kitchen!
I loved everything about the restaurant. From the moment we stepped through the door, everyone from the hostess to the waitstaff were friendly. The ambiance is what you’d expect of a tavern, warm and inviting yet lively. If you go, I’d highly recommend trying to get a seat at the chef’s table or at the very least on the first floor since that’s where all the action is.
Most restaurants start off their customers with a few slices of bread and butter, not Wayfare though. They brought out freshly baked popovers! I wish I took a picture, but trust me when I say it was delicious. Also I’ve never seen the hubs rave about bread so much before. It was hard narrowing down appetizers but we managed to select the bone marrow of course and the deviled eggs, which I had read about alot in reviews. I’ll let the picture speak for itself.
For entrees, the hubs settled with the guinness braised lamb shank and I had the organic fried chicken. I’m not a lamb person so I can’t comment but the hubs praised its flavor and tenderness. As with everything we tried, the fried chicken was good as well. If you’re looking for an outstanding dish with flavors exploding in your mouth, this is not it, but it is really good fried chicken.
Even though we were stuffed, we couldn’t help ourselves and ordered the wayfare tavern chocolate cream pie. And it was…. you guessed it… so good! It was the perfect sweetness, which is how we judge our desserts, sweet, but not too sweet. And to top it off, the waiter brought over two little warm butter cookies to complement the dessert. I don’t know that it necessarily complemented it but they sure were yummy! Excuse the picture below, I was too excited and took a bite before remembering to take a photo!
Wayfare’s cuisine can be described as creative American comfort food, which is why the hubs and I enjoyed it so much. I don’t really consider ourselves foodies since we don’t dissect every aspect of a dish but we do appreciate and enjoy good food and we especially love comfort type food done really well so Wayfare was definitely a winner in both our books and a place we’d love to visit again and again and…
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