I have been dying to have the time to write about our dinner at Shaun’s last weekend!
Once I found out that the quaint Inman Park restaurant was serving a four course fix prixe GLUTEN FREE menu, reservations were promptly made.
It is no secret that Jay and I love to eat great food, so we were both pretty excited about a good, old fashioned date night to a new spot with a promising menu. I put on a cute summer dress and we headed down Dekalb Avenue to Shaun’s.
Opting to sit outside, the atmosphere was intimate. The weather was definitely on our side, albeit a bit warm (all the more reason to order a delicious bottle of crisply chilled white wine!).
The night unfolded into an evening of great food, great service and just an all around great date night! Our waiter was knowledgeable, charming and enthusiastic about the GF menu. He informed us that Chef/Owner Shaun Doty hand selected all the ingredients for the entire menu. How cool is that?
After rushing over our bottle of wine (fresh in from Santorini), the first course was revealed. The local and organic tomatoes in the panzanella were extremely refreshing and a great start to the meal. I don’t love gluten free bread yet, so I am not sure I truly appreciated the focaccia in the salad. It was shortly followed by a warm sweet corn soup and butter poached lobster. If I were sitting inside in the AC I probably would have enjoyed this course more, but it was still a great predecessor to the main course: a grass-fed sirloin. Thinking that it was not going to be that interesting, this was actually my favorite part of the meal! Perfectly seared, the steak was incredibly juicy and flavorful. It was accompanied by a ‘stuffed’ onion. Steak. Onions. It was all good. Dessert was a tangy orange and cream soda float (what a great idea!).
More than how great the food and service was, I truly enjoyed getting to go to a restaurant and feel catered to. I didn’t have to ask a million questions or get looked at like I had a plague. I got to simply enjoy dinner and be low maintenance.
So, thank you Shaun’s for being sensitive to an increasingly growing disease. I will be back!
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