Provenance Kitchen Retail Wine

We made a reservation for the day after Thanksgiving, as family members were coming from the city to meet us there. However, when we arrived, the restaurant was closed for the day. It would have been helpful for OpenTable to notify us about this! As a result, we had to scramble to find an alternative place to eat.

They close at 8 PM, which is clearly too early for diners on a Friday night. The atmosphere felt geared towards getting us served and out the door as quickly as possible, resulting in a rather stressful dining experience. The food was good, but it seems you need to enjoy your meal quickly there. We arrived at 7, and that felt like too late.

This is a fantastic spot for lunch, and I absolutely love the food! The staff is incredibly friendly and helpful.

Provenance was a revelation to me. Mostly because I had never been there. Last Thursday, I went after an early afternoon appointment, arriving at about 3:15 p.m., just in time for the start of their Happy Hour. While I waited for a friend to arrive, I ordered the spot-on pork potstickers, and the pesto, bacon and feta cheese French fries. The potstickers should not be missed for as long as they have them, if you like crispy, succulent, and perfectly non-greasy ones. (I do! My one only criticism about the fries was they struck me as ascetically dry, perhaps the chef abhors greasy food? This is not a problem, by any means, in my book. However, I also missed a pinch of salt, but the longer I kept eating the fries, the less I missed the salt b/c the pesto, bacon and feta were right there to help me w/ my gustatory needs. I also tried a fabulous butter lettuce salad w/ a raspberry vinaigrette, crispy, blanched, sliced almonds, matchsticks of green apple (plenty! , and surely other ingredients I can 't remember. But who cares, when all of the prior ingredients were there and exquisitely good. As for drinks, well...Grant (aka Jesus w/ a 'Hay ' , is clearly capable of preparing almost anything your heart brain desires, but why bother when they have mixed drink specials to try which are perfectly conjured up magically recreated before your very eyes, if you are wise enough to sit at the bar. I had something wonderfully refreshing and summery involving huckleberries, a flavored vodka, mint, and a pipette of crème de cassis liqueur. It was delicious AND fun to drink. Go to Provenance!

My wife and I enjoyed a wonderful adventure, sight unseen. We were looking for a new place to try and read good reviews about Provenance. The food was wonderful. The service was incredibly personable and attentive. The location on the first floor of a residential building adjacent to a pool and community park was a bit of a surprise, but we really enjoyed the outdoor dining experience and the casual, comfortable, neighborhood feel of the place. Really wonderful.