The Cville Corner tradition Michael's Bistro has been through quite a tornado over drama over the last year at the least. Although r and I have claimed it as our favorite corner bar for a late night beer, certain less-than-flattering reviews have prevented us from stopping in for dinner. But last night the beautiful spring weather had us itching for a patio dinner. Martha's was reserved for a rehearsal dinner (which I embarrassingly interrupted in my attempt to investigate) and the Virginian was packed, so we decided to wait 30 minutes for an illustrious balcony seat at Michael's Bistro. R and I both had a glass of wine and I quickly realized why we always drink beer at Michael's- they are not a wine place. The 2006 Tempranillo that I had was fine, but when our food finally came almost 45 minutes later it wasn't worthy of a $6 refill. The Bistro has changed a bit in recent months, but it still has a very tap house vibe, which unfortunately is not always vegetarian friendly. There was, in fact, only one vegetarian option on the menu, which I ordered- the Portobella Mushroom "Napolean" a stack of thin-sliced fried potatoes with a portobella top, steamed spinach, roasted tomatoes and a ball of goat cheese with the perfect finish of a vinaigrette glaze. R got the salmon dish with asparagus and vanilla-something rice (you can ask her for clarification...). Oh and M got pork tenderloin with brocollini and a tomato-basil salsa (which she barely touched, but thankfully R came to the rescue) .
The service at Bistro hasn't improved much, but the Cville consensus seems to be "who cares?" The food is always good. Friday and Saturday jazz nights are great and it IS the classiest place to drink on the corner. Period.
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