First Night At Delius

Friday, July 6, 2007

This is the first day that Delius is open to the public for business. www.Deliusrestaurant,com . When I arrived at approximately 5:30 the place was close to being full. Sat with friends in the bar/lounge area and ordered a couple of appetizers and a light dinner.

Service did start out slow, but as the night progressed the waitstaff seemed to be getting into the groove. This is a new place with new personnel and it does take some time to get used to working with people. I only saw one person from the old establishment. If you are a person that can't go with the flow, then I would suggest that you wait a month before coming in. By then the bugs will have been worked out.

As always the food was good. The menus has some old favorites but a lot of new items. Pricing has gone up slightly, but less than I thought it would.

I had the wild mushroom stuffed ravioli at $13. It came with soup or salad. I opted for the soup, salmon bisque. The cup of soup was close to the same size as the bowl at the old place. Friends had the bacon wrapped chicken breast stuffed with blue cheese with a starch & vegetables, $16 and the chipotle macaroni & cheese., $10. Other friends who came later ordered a bowl of salmon bisque, $6 (larger than the old place), and an iceberg lettuce wedge with a maple ranch dressing, goat cheese, avocado and macadamia nuts, $11, which they said was very good and the procuitto wrapped shrimp, $10. All entrees come with either soup or salad

I noticed that the place was full almost all night long. There was a turnover of people, but always full. This bodes well for Dave & Louise.

I can't wait to start trying all the other new items on the menu. Yes this place is different than the "old" Delius. Not the little cozy nook that we were all used to. But it is new, exciting and still has the friendly atmosphere and the great food they are known for.