Corey Billesbach

Review of Citizen Public House

I have been wanting to try this place for awhile n...

I have been wanting to try this place for awhile now and finally had the chance tonight with my girlfriend. Everything was amazing. Atmosphere, food, drinks, presentation and service were all on point.

We started with a couple drinks and the bacon fat popcorn. The popcorn was good, but gets greasy toward the bottom of the bowl. The drinks are unique and interesting. You can tell that a lot of thought has been put into the drink menu. We tried four different drinks and all of them were well made and had a great balance of flavors.

I had the short ribs with pureed parsnips and greens. The short ribs fell off the bone and had really good flavor. The cherry bbq sauce that came with them was to die for. The sides balanced out the meal perfectly.

My girlfriend had the grilled lamb loin with risotto and grapefruit fennel salad. The lamb was cooked perfectly and had good flavor. (She stole my cherry bbq sauce for quite a few bites, but that is a testament to the sauce and not a knock on the flavor off the lamb at all.) She said she loved the risotto as well.

We ended the meal with the flourless mint chocolate cake. It was really good, but after the meal we weren't able to finish it between the two of us.

Last, but definitely not least, our server Kat was wonderful. She was fun, friendly and helpful. Service can make or break a restaurant as far as I'm concerned. If the rest of the staff is as good as Kat, this place has nothing to worry about in that department.

I will definitely be back to try the pork belly pastrami and more of the wonderful drinks.