Aaron and I have been wanting to return to EVOO (here is the citysearch review) for a while now and last night we finally made it. I have never had a bad meal there. Their food is always fresh and delicious. We noticed at the bottom of the menu that they offer a Chef’s tasting menu of 7 courses and you can get it paired with wine. We asked the waitress about it and she said that it took a long time, but was worth it. We went for it. The portions of food and wine are smaller, but thank god, because its 7 courses. The first thing served was a pat&eacute which came with toasted thin bread slices, a very grainy mustard and pickle slices. Never having loved pat&eacute before, I was surprised at how good and flavorful it was especially with the mustard. Then the waitress plunked down this plate with veal on it. Now, I haven’t eaten veal since I was eight and learned where veal came from. Hypocritical I know, since I eat most other meat. But I was eight. Fuck off. The veal was very good. It had parsnip raviolis and nutty stuff and greens. They had cooked the meat until it was stew-like, making it tender and delicious. Next came a squash soup, which was spicy. Then a salad with frisee and what seemed like rabbit bacon and hazelnuts. Then they gave us an extra course of their special back-door pork which came with some apple butter on top. Next they brought us a small piece of lamb marinated with mint and rosemary. It also came with a polenta dumpling. At this point, I was getting sort of full, but I was determined to eat all the way through. After the lamb, they brought us a cheese course—Vermont cheddar with Guava jam. So delicious. The extra sharp cheddar complimented the guava beautifully. The served us a lovely port with the cheese. And finally they brought us each a portion of some sort of ginger cake with maple sauce that tasted like butterscotch. It was perfect. The whole meal was perfect. They served me things that I probably never would have ordered off the menu and I am so glad. Squash soup has always scared me, but it was pretty good–especially a little spicy. And I never got lamb until last night. I wish more people knew about EVOO. But at the same time, I love that it is not too trendy. It feels very comfortable and the atmosphere is definitely unpretentious.