Sarah Blaskovich

In my excitement to visit the cheaper, hipper spawn of Nick & Sams, I was largely unimpressed. I wished it was just as great as it was made out to be, but I'm hearing I'm not the only one who left wanting more.

The food was surprisingly well priced, but oddly spiced. The calamari--a useless pick if I'm going to rate a restaurant, I'll admit--was the best course of the meal. My salad dressing was bland and my "pasta special" was anything but. I did enjoy my two glasses of red wine, but who wouldn't?

Our waitress was a delightful small-town southern girl who made us feel at home even though she knew nothing about the menu and didn't seem to fit in with the Uptown Dallas crowd. The best thing she had to offer was that they have bottomless blood orange mimosas (yum!) on Sundays. It might just be the only reason I'd return.