Nick Newman

Review of Capitol Cellars

A unique and pleasant fine-dining experience. Tuc...

A unique and pleasant fine-dining experience. Tucked away just off the beaten path under an unassuming stone apartment building, Capitol Cellars offers modern local fare presented unpretentiously as real food, rather than meals of reconstructed cubes, flakes, pools and drizzles that have largely supplanted what is now considered "delicious". The atmosphere is quiet and thoughtful, breathing life back into throw-away artifacts from Idaho legislative history into functional conversation pieces. Not a place for overblown elaborative cocktails, the wine list extensive; the bottle collection lines the walls and adds to the ambience.
Service is prompt yet unintrusive, modest, while refined. This establishment is a gem hopeful to become an institution.