We are excited that the Mistral/Teatro/Sorellina/Moo gang has come out to Burlington. The new place is L'andana Grill http://www.landanagrill.com/.
We went there for Valentine's Day last night. It is consistent with the group's other places: great attention to detail, high quality, attentive wait staff, management, etc. AND IT IS 10 MINUTES FROM OUR HOUSE!!!!!
Our experience started with great bartenders - they have something called a bloody gazpacho. It is from their Brunch menu - but they will make it anytime. It is made with muddled basil, spicy tomato juice and - get this - home made infused smoky habenero vodka. He made us a small glass to sample. Wow!! I can't wait to try brunch and have a few of these.
So after we sat at the table- we got that excellent bread with a tomato relish/EVOO spread. Their bread is absolutely the best: crusty, crunchy and with just a bit of garlic oil. We opted for a Tasmanian Pinot. It was okay. We drank it. Their wine list has good selections and is reasonably priced.
The food was fantastic. We started with the Bolognese and mussels as appetizers and I got the wood grilled sword fish and Rolfe got the 'rib eye'.
The mussels were shelled (what a bonus) and floating in this basil cream and garlic broth. They give a soup spoon for good reason. There was not a drop left. The pasta was just the best as well. Rolfe is savoring the leftovers (we needed to save room for the entree) today for lunch.
My sword fish came with peppers and onions - oh my - all grilled and smoky. It was just wonderful. The fish was tender and cooked to perfection.
Rolfe's 'ribeye' was actually a sirloin. We pointed this out and it caused a big stir. The managers came over a few times to cajole and try to replace the dish. Rolfe would have none of that as he wanted to eat with his wife not after his wife. They understood. The meat was really good, but it wasn't rib eye. We declined dessert since we had some waiting for us at home and this got them really concerned. They thought we were upset (we weren't). So we left happy anyway (they took his meal off the bill) and will return.
The food is great (portions are large), the service impeccable and we are so happy not to have to go to Boston for this luxury.
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