Review of Odd Duck
We were *hungry* when we got there, and had to wait a bit, so by the time we sat down we pretty much hated everyone in the restaurant. This is to emphasize how good the service/food was, that we forgot all about the grumpiness within a few minutes. Like its sister restaurant Barley Swine, Odd Duck serves small, inventive dishes in rapid succession. Our waiter, Zach, took our drink and food orders quickly and and thankfully got things off to a quick start. Cocktails came out first, Erin had a frozen root beer with Rum, hoja santa, and sasparilla. Mine was a smokey pool of mezcal, watermelon juice and spicy pepper syrup. Juuuust enough watermelon juice to moderate the mezcal - so good. Next was the house baked (and cultured) Sourdough bread with Tomato Butter and sea salt crystals. I'm generally not a fan of tough bread, and this had a fairly thick crust, so I was a bit put off by that, but the tomato butter and salt were delicious on the soft, doughy bits from th...