We had dinner at Redbird this past Saturday for my birthday. Overall, we were very happy with our experience. We were originally seated in the indoor dining room next to the server’s station, but were happy to let us move to another table when we asked. (I don’t like sitting next to server areas).
Since it was my birthday, we decided to splurge and order a few things and do it as a 4 course dinner.
I started with the Spanish Octopus with herbs, crispy shallot, and watermelon and DH had the grilled lamb belly. Both were delicious. The octopus was tender and well seasoned, and the salad/herbs and watermelon went well with it. DH loved the lamb belly. I tried a bite and it was very flavorful. (The lamb belly was not very photogenic)
Octopus Salad
Next, I got the tagliatelle with foraged mushrooms, grapes and black truffles. DH went with the seared foie gras with figs and lentils. He loved the foie gras preparation. The tagliatelle was also very good – nice and rich, with a generous assortment of mushrooms, with truffle shavings on top.
Tagiatelle with mushrooms
Foie Gras with Fig and Lentils
For our mains, he went with the venison with creamy polenta and huckleberries. I went with the scallops with rainbow carrots and fava beans. Both very good. The venison was cooked rare, with a couple pieces being medium rare. It was a generous portion. The scallops were perfectly cooked, and went well with the carrots and parsnip puree.
Venison
Scallops
We were beyond stuffed at this point, but since it was a birthday dinner, decided to share a dessert. We went with the chocolate caramel bar with pineapple and coconut sorbet. This was amazing. It was rich, but not overly sweet, and the sorbet was a great compliment to the chocolate and caramel.
Chocolate Caramel Bar
We had 2 cocktails each – I had the Spring Spritz (white wine, grapefruit and vermouth), and the Cardinal Punch (bourbon, brandy, orange, clove and amaro), and DH had the Kingsale King (whiskey, lemon, egg white and bitters) and also a custom whiskey drink from the bartender. The drinks were well made, with generous pours. We also had a nice amuse bouche cocktail when we arrived.
Total bill for food and drink was $265, which we thought was well worth it for what we got.