Nice food at Andre's but...............

We had reservations for 6:30pm and they had only one booth left, from what we saw it was mostly walk ins so I don't know why they didn't have a quiet little booth reserved for us, isn't that why people make reservations? So a spot is reserved?
The booth they did have was right in the entrance facing all the people coming in.
Kinda awkward.
So we order a glass of red from a terminally worried looking waitress. She's asks if we are ready to order before she leaves to get the wine, but we just got there, not enough time to look at the menu yet.
She's back in 10 minutes, with our wine and we discover that we both do not like the stemless wine glasses. I really like classic wine glasses and the squat glass wine cups annoy me.
We order a lovely plate of hummus with homemade flat bread and pickled veggies for our appetizer and again she gets worried about whether we are ready to order our entrée, we said, "Not yet....." Seriously, we're trying to relax here.

The Hummus comes and it is gorgeous! The plate is laid out beautifully and we each get individual plates to use, but I like the idea of sharing a communal plate.
The only pickled veggie was the peperoncini and the lonely looking half of a Klamata olive, the broccoli and onion was raw, but when dipped in the Hummus it was tasty. I suspect that plastic veggies dipped into the hummus would be tasty though.
Very flavorful and not too tart with lemon that too much hummus relies on for taste.
The hummus was very good , but the star player was the bread. The flat bread is truthfully the best I've ever tasted, warm, soft but toothy enough for texture and the spices baked on top were lovely, garlicky and lightly salted. Heaven!


We finally put the poor girl out of her misery and ordered our entrée halfway through the appetizer, and it seems there was a reason why she was worried.
It took 1 hour and 15 minutes to get our entrées.
Seemed like a very long time, and other diners who arrived after us were being served before us. It was hard catching her worried little eyes when we wanted a wine refill too.

Finally his Filet Mignon with Mashed potatoes and my BBQ pork ribs, fries and coleslaw came.
The smell of the BBQ sauce was rich and smokey, and the meat literally fell off the bones. So good!
The Filet Mignon was very tender, flavorful and done perfectly. Mashed potatoes are an odd choice to go with 75% of their meals, I really wish a baked potato was an option, but the mashed was edible.
The coleslaw, on the other had, was not. Why anyone would add cumin to slaw is beyond me, plus it was room temperature and limp. Not good.

I wanted to try the Apple Rhubarb Crumble for dessert, but my fickle stomach decided it had had enough rich food for the night and gave me ample warning that it would not tolerate much more.

All in all it was our 2nd successful dinner at Andre's, but I do wonder about maxing the menu out soon. There's not a lot of choices and I recommend a peek at their online menus before your visit.
http://www.andresbg.com/dinner.shtml