Just found this thread! Cool idea.
We've been living in the Kensington area for a year and a half now and we love it! Moved down from Mt. Pleasant, which is a nice community, but there are basically no restaurants or services at all. Kensington is so much better!
I'm not surprised Lava didn't make it. We went there twice. The first time, the food was great but the service was pretty bad. They were really new though, so we assumed they were still training people and it would get better.
We went back a month or so later with some friends to show them this great new restaurant we had 'discovered'... and it was pretty bad. Overcooked, under-flavored and the service still wasn't any better. And the whole idea of upscale food with casual, almost cafeteria style seating, was weird too.
I need to try Vero again... our first try was for brunch and they were obviously severely understaffed. It took forever to get served and the kitchen took forever to get our food out... and they had run out of something and made a substitute without letting us know until the food arrived. That was pretty weird. Food was fairly good, but the service sucked.
Modern Steak got a second try for us last week. The first time we went my steak was overcooked! If you're a steak place, that's a pretty terrible sin. On the plus side, my wife's seafood meal made her very happy. Good news for them, because we tried them again, and this time my steak was perfect. It's sure a weird building for a restaurant though... must be crazy to be a server with the main dining room 3.5 floors below the kitchen...
Lots of other great dining options have been mentioned already. Red Ember is great, Peppino's is awesome, and both Wine Bar and Brasserie very good and worth checking out.
Great thread!
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