Rebecca Weger

On a hot tip from my friend Cassie, Joseph and I went to Smart Monkey for dinner. The hot tip was that they serve gluten-free bread. While I would have been more excited to have my local organic burger on an actual bun, toasted whole-grain gluten-free bread was way better than I can normally imagine. I’m not sure I’ve ever scored an actual sandwich in a restaurant on gluten-free bread before.

I’ve had mixed experiences at Smart Monkey, and tonight was no different. I’d forgotten they have table service for dinner and that was nice. The burger was good – after they got my order right on the third try. The local wine was good – after they opened a fresh bottle an tossed the first skunked glass they brought me. Our server was intent on fixing the problems, but she could have prevented one of two of them as well.

We’ll have to try it again on an evening when I’m craving some bread and see what happens.