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What do you do with an old Fire station? Of course, turn it into a restaurant! Not the first time I've been to such converted places, but the first in this city. Regardless, my friend remarked that the calamari here was the best he's ever tasted. Honestly, I can't complain. For what we were given, everything tasted great! The main course of Salmon was really good! Plus, the pita and hummus I got was great! So glad we could get an extra plate of pita too, because as much as good as that pita was, I needed a vessel to get that hummus into my stomach, because liking the plate isn't socially acceptable. Food aside, Desiree was the one who took care of us, and she was awesome! Me and my friend were celebrating our birthdays, and she came around with a co-worker, sang us a song, and added a candle to our cakes. That was really sweet of her! Ambience is wonderful! The repurposing of old fire fighting equipment, and parts of pipes for the artwork and the lights was really unique! It shows the owners have a vision and a dream for this place!
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Went in on a weekday around 1, and we were the only ones there. The atmosphere had some charm to it. They had sports playing on a couple of tvs at the bar. Food and drinks were really good, and our server took care of us nicely.
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Very mixed experience. There were only 2 front-of-house employees when we went for dinner, and the bartender was also the only waitress. There must have been 50 people in the place, and while she worked like a Trojan and was very kind and obviously doing her best, the staffing was COMPLETELY inadequate. Honestly, we told her she should consider another job, bc what kind of management puts their people in such a position? The food and cocktails were good, especially the Salty Pear Martini and the Calamari, but it took so long for our turn to come around, we considered leaving several times and just leaving cash on the table.
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The atmosphere is top notch the food is really good. We we're here for Dine LA week and all of the service called out/off and unfortunately, our service was lacking. We were 6 of 8 guests followed by another party of 6. Our server took our order first, brought our salads. While at the other party they got their drinks and bread basket. By this time, two other staff showed up and our main meal was served. I asked for our drinks and our bread basket. Will I/we be back...maybe???
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This place is nestled right in the middle of DTLA- exterior is fairly nondescript. The evening atmosphere was subdued. I almost passed by this placed as I thought it was closed...😬 The food was ok, ordered a burger. Family member got a decent-tasting chicken dish (pictured). There are some pics on the wall of an old firehouse and a vestigial sliding pole. This place's identity is hard to figure out as music playing over the speakers was latin-cuban. Overall 3/5- ok for noon/lunch, but consider other places for dinner.