Comments by Kent Mitchell

The new Flavor restaurant in El Granada

January 14, 2011
Brenda and I went back for a second visit for lunch this time. I give it a solid 4 stars (maybe a bit more). My original dinner review was only 3 stars due to some execution flaws. Today's execution was flawless and the food was top notch. We ordered too much food because we wanted to try several different things and the portions here are sizable. Please remember that (fir me) 5 stars is reserved for a total wow factor that takes it over the top. First we had the Mac and Cheese with peas, bacon,…

The new Flavor restaurant in El Granada

January 09, 2011
BTW to also be fair .... I got a very forthright response to my 3 star Yelp review from one of the owners. He welcomed my feedback and apologized for the problems we encountered and talked honestly about how they were working on on the quality control. All in all a very nice response. BTW we do plan to go back and try some stuff especially the lunch menu (my wife is a mac and cheese addict).

The new Flavor restaurant in El Granada

January 07, 2011
This place has real potential but they still have some kinks to work out. We just had dinner here and overall I'd give it a very good rating but no more. Most of the food was quite good but they burned one of the poltenta cakes that came with my wife's short ribs and the cooks just turned the burned side down to hide it. Obviously that didn't work ... My Duck tasted good but the skin was rubbery. Duck skin needs to be crisp. But overall it was pretty good and the prices and portion size are excellent.…