—
This guy saves you money.
by Todd SouTh
Chef Colin Smith holds up a plate of chicken piccata at Roundabout Grill.
Well rounded
PHOTO/ALLISON YOUNG
For an extra $5, you can add soup or salad to accompany the entrees. A small serving of corn and bacon chowder was rich, creamy and bac-o-licious—just the thing to warm you up on a chilly evening. Butter lettuce provided the foundation for the house salad, topped with pear, feta, With an open kitchen and stylish, modern pomegranate and pecan, and dressed with a decor, the Roundabout Grill was a pleasant very light vinaigrette. I thought it was just setting for a casual, yet sophisticated meal interesting, but my wife really enjoyed it. with an old friend. While perusing the An order of halibut fish and chips ($22) menu, I decided to take the edge off a long was served with seasoned, wedge-cut day with an old fashioned cocktail ($12), potatoes, apple coleslaw, and a really good a mix of Bulleit Bourbon, orange and malt vinegar and caper tartar sauce. The Australian bitters, and lemon peel. Though fish was moist, the batter crispy, and the quite good, it was a disappointingly diminucoleslaw nicely tart and not too sweet. tive cocktail for the money. Bonus for spuds that tasted great au naturel, Complimentary white cheddar biscuits no dipping required. served in a miniature cast iron skillet started A dish of housemade pasta ($18) things off. The crispy, cheesy biscuits included smoked chicken, local wild mushworked surprisingly well with the provided rooms, peas, fennel, roasted peppers, kale honey butter. Orders of fish shack shrimp and smoked chicken broth. The noodles ($9), grapefruit and beet salad ($8), and were akin to longer, chubbier macaroni, East Coast blue fin crab sans the tube. Overall cakes ($14) were shared a very fresh combinaby the table. tion of flavors, and The battered shrimp the chicken was 255 N. Virginia St., 398-5454 were tender and tasty perfectly done. Roundabout Grill, at the Whitney Peak Hotel, is with a spicy sherry On the recomopen Monday through Thursday from 6 to 11 a.m. dipping sauce. The salad and 4 to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 6 a.m. mendation of our to 10 p.m., and Sunday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. plate featured a crispy server, I chose Visit roundaboutgrill.com. goat cheese croquette chicken piccata with topped with walnut a caper and lemon arugula pesto, in turn surrounded by an zest beurre blanc sauce ($18). The tender artful arrangement of pickled and roasted breast filet was set astride a scoop of sweet beet slices, sections of grapefruit brûlée butter potato mash, underlaid with corn and fresh basil. The combination of flavors and leek succotash. The presentation was worked amazingly well together. inviting, and the flavors were complex-yetBesting the shrimp in the “not your approachable. Again, a perfectly cooked average shellfish” category, a pair of golden protein combined with flavors that elevated brown crab cakes were nestled atop a a common dish into something elegant and schmear of champagne sauce and topped seemingly new. with butter-poached lobster meat. I don’t We finished up with a slice of mocha think I’ve ever had a crab cake that was crunch cake and blackberry creme brulee so loaded with high-quality, delicious crab ($8 each). Both were decadent without meat. The addition of lobster was literally being too heavy or rich—a great end to a icing on the cake. great evening. Ω
,WŐV %DP *RRG
1ow 2SHQ At Smith Ridge Center, Next to Toys R Us.
+oXUs am Sm (YHU\ 'a\ 5000 Smithridge Dr Reno, NV 89502 775.824.9070 www.bamdoghotdogs.com 20
|
RN&R
|
10.27.16
RnRsweetdeals.newsReview.com
Roundabout Grill
