Review: Abattoir
July 13th, 2009 by Besha Rodell in Restaurants, review
ACID TRIP: The shrimp and citrus stew at Abattoir
Dear Abattoir,
I’m so sad our time together is over. These past few weeks, seeing you every few days, taking the time to really get to know you, have been magical. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t come to love you, just a little. Maybe more than a little.
I’ll never forget that first time we met. I didn’t know what to expect, what with your name — so violent, so evocative! But when I walked into your dining room and saw the way you’d managed to take your ugliness and turn it into something beautiful, I was floored. Elements of slaughter — meat hooks adorning bar lights — wrapped into the comfort of farmhouse chic … there’s humor in that combination, as well as a deft intelligence that your family of restaurants alone possesses in this city.
People were shocked when they first heard your name. “Abattoir? What kind of a sick joke of a restaurant name is that?” they asked. But I always loved it, the boldness, the honesty.
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July 15th, 2009 at 10:17 am
I’d totally agree – food was great, the space was really well designed (and not too ‘Atlanta over the top’), but service not so much…. Very erratic, to the point it almost ruined it for us.