sgmccarty

Tried Frank & Nic's restaurant for the second time today. It's in the ground level of the Zenith apartments across from Camden Yards. I had an excellent salad, with grilled salmon, greens, cranberries, pine nuts, and a champagne vinaigrette. Quite tasty, with a generous portion of salmon, although the salmon was slightly undercooked--I had asked for medium. Half of the party had the BLT, which looked kind of sloppy--it was on a thick white toasted bread, with the tomatoes breaded and fried, and fresh mozzarella. I was with a party of seven, and the food was timely and properly served. The only drawback was that the drinks came without napkins, and waiter did not notice. The last time I was there, just had drinks and appetizers. The appetizers were nicely done, but a little on the fussy side. The bruschetta was made of good ingredients but difficult to eat since it was also on too-thick bread. http://www.frankandnics.com/

Ixia closed permanently on June 26th. I never got there. Sigh.

We went to this restaurant recently for a weekday lunch with a large party. It's in one of Columbia's village centers, in what used to be a Blockbuster video store. They've converted the space nicely, so that there is a decent-looking dining area with large koi pond, and a sushi bar. Then in the back, they have four teppanyaki tables. The service was very good, and the foods cooked in front of us was satisfying, but nothing spectacular. My mom had tempura which was good. I had a small sushi/sashimi plate, and the sashimi (just salmon and tuna) was excellent, melt-in-your-mouth quality. The roll that came with it was a California roll, loose but tasty. Anybody else try this place out? I don't know how long it will last--it hasn't looked very busy when I've peeked in there.