Been there. LOVED it. Thanks for coming to Wallingford, Avila.

Have to stop salivating on my keyboard.

Brunch is tasty and not too crowded yet. Get the deep-fried duck egg with bresaola and red-eye gravy.

"the server explains that yes, they are cockscombs as in, yes, from the top of a rooster's head. He does not belabor this point."

Well, thank god Bethany belabors it. As always. She has to. It's her "transgressive carnivore" shtick.

Guys, there's nothing rebellious about eating meat. Your mom eats meat. My mom eats meat. Jay Leno eats meat. Mitt Romney eats meat.

Get over yourselves.

A dead chicken is a dead chicken. Why on earth would this make PETA mad? Do they do something special to make the cockscombs tastier, a la the forced feeding for foie gras or pen-crating for veal?

@7: BJC's persona—repeated ad nauseam—is the Outlaw Meat-eater, sticking it to the powerful herbivore bloc. It's a silly pose, imagining that something so utterly conventional is cutting-edge and "dangerous."

Fine, she discovered another part of a dead animal she could eat.

Lock up your daughters.

food and wine was delish, was a very pleasant experience, the atmosphere was totally awesome....only complaint....our bald waiter sucked....openly admitted to forgetting about us several times....the rest of the staff was great!....just don't get the bald guy....but yeah, food = awesome, especially the tots

I wish I could find more restaurants that included the past classics, like Green Goddess. The rest of the menu, for me, is a little too outside my comfort zone. Your review is poetry as usual, fuck the haters!

"Eating everything but the feathers ought to be commended"

For the record: I believe Dunkin' Donuts, McDonalds and Pizza Hut all use l-cysteine derived from avian feathers in their products. (I could be a little outdated, though, I don't exactly check in with the companies on a regular basis.)

I'm not sure if that is better or worse than the companies who use l-cysteine derived from human hair. Personally, I prefer dough made from flour, etc. Never seen a cookbook recipe for dough call for duck feathers.

"If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then why are they made out of meat?" -- Jo Brand