Before the sandwich came, the waiter brought a complementary bruschetta. It was crispy and was a good start. The arugula salad was the mildest arugula I've ever tasted. Is that a good thing? The chicken was nicely spiced though I wanted the melted goat cheese to have more bite. The caramelized onions, however, tasted like onion rings. Overall, a good enough meal for the price.
The name wasn't the only odd thing about this place, the decoration was quite the head-scratcher. It looked like somebody knew of Interior Design, but only in theory (in a different language). All the elements were strange, and none of them worked together. The pub seats and tables clashed with the booths. The sparse set-up made the restaurant looked only half-furnished. The room was divided into 2 areas by a partition mounted with rustic wooden squares. Sawed-off wooden bar seats were arrayed on the walls in rows like tombstones (or perhaps wooden dentures). A tabletop was turned into a wine rack and mounted (the only element that worked). Paintings had picture frames made from the sort of tiles you find in a kitchen back-splash. Most strangely, strips of laminated wood were glued randomly to various walls (and above the bar), sometimes making a crude picture like a ladder, or the outline of a house, but mostly at random angles and orientation.
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