On Monday, Captain America and I had dinner with my cousin, two of his friends, my sister, and one of her friends at The Merk. I had the most glorious plate of fettuccine alfredo. The sauce was nice and thick with none of those gross pools of oil that cheap alfredo sauces have. When I figure out how to get all savvy with this whole technology thing, I'll illustrate the word "glorious" with halos an angel wings. Because it was that good.
My sister and cousin had the scallops, which they said was also wonderful. Captain America had the chicken parmigiana, which he tried to say with a Spanish accent, so that was special, but he ate all of it so I can only assume that he was either nearly dead from lack of sustenance, or that it was fabulous. (Although he probably wouldn't have used the word "fabulous".) I was too absorbed by my alfredo, that by the time I thought of asking to taste his dish, it was all gone.
I don't think any of us ordered any wine, but we did try a number of their speciality drinks. I, of course, ordered a lemon drop martini and it was good, but not quite as good as the ones at Jayne's Gastropub, but I also didn't have to wait 20 minutes for it. In fact, my second one came so quickly that I didn't even realize it had been placed in front of me.
For dessert, I ordered the cannolis. Sister commented that they were small, but in fact, they were the perfect size. I also tried the espresso martini (don't worry, Mom, Captain America was driving!), and it was very coffee-y without being bitter.
As for the conversation and company, it was all delightful (and yes, AC, I did tell your son to wear a bike helmet, but I don't think he's going to listen to me any more than he listens to you).
This is a restaurant I would definitely go back to!
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