The series follows the titular creature in a post-apocalyptic environment where the timid and seemingly deeply mentally ill Salad Fingers spends his days. One such video was actually a series called Salad Fingers created by both angel and devil David Firth. I’m talking weird flash animations that was more disturbing than any blue waffle or glass cups shoved up asses. The phone number is 40.As a child of the early 2000s, I grew up watching some of the weirdest content the internet could provide. I do like that the website gives suggestions for parking (it’s available in the 55 West building it’s not like the residents are using all the spaces) and I wish more downtown businesses would take a proactive position in helping customers to know where they can park. Here is a link to the restaurant’s website where you can see more of the menu (albeit without prices). It is open for lunch Monday through Saturday and dinner daily. I think Rusty Spoon is headed in the right direction, and its style of food and atmosphere is a welcome addition to the cluster of restaurants on Church Street. But among them are close-ups of farm animals that seem to be staring dolefully at the diners as if to say, “Are you going to eat me?” Made me wonder if the decorator had a veganistic agenda. The walls hold black and white photos that I suppose are supposed to emphasize the farm-fresh aspect of the restaurant. Tables are covered with cloths but mostly unadorned. A few bare-bulb lights hang in clusters here and there. Perhaps most of the renovation budget went into the beautiful wood floor. It’s a vast area with very high ceilings and is rather cavernous. The decor of the space is a bit austere, and just a little bit creepy. Lamb haystack is a sandwich served on delicious Moroccan bread. But there are some intriguing options, and as usual with Blake, some tasty results. There is a fish & chips dish (more pub than gastro), croque monsieur (bistro?) and pappardelle with Bolognese (trattoria?). I would be hard pressed to come up with a theme of the menu or to identify the cuisine. The Rusty Spoon makes ample use of local vendors. Blake was previously with Primo by Melissa Kelly, where she honed her sensibility for fresh, local products. The menu is under the direction of Kathleen Blake, who also is associated with the nearby Pine 22 burger bar. I wasn’t sure if guests were welcome to enter that area to observe or not. Peeking through the doorway it looked even more so, with an open area surrounding the prep area that resembled the home’s family room that seemed an extension of the dining room. The bar area - notice I didn’t say pub area - is spacious and comfortable, and I liked the kitchen area, which is visible through a large doorway as though it were another room in a house. It’s a cool corner space with lots of windows looking out onto the Church Street scene. on the ground floor of one of downtown’s biggest white elephants. The Rusty Spoon, which ultimately is an unfortunate name for a restaurant but let’s just let that go, occupies a premium space at 55 W. For a good explanation - albeit just as vague and indecisive - of what the British consider a gastropub, read this article at Pubology. However, I must concede that the term comes open for interpretation when it is appended with the word American. For the record, the Rusty Spoon is not a gastropub it is a restaurant. The Rusty Spoon has a design element or two reminiscent of The Gun, a favorite gastropub of mine in London, but I really had to stretch to find any true similarities. Here’s another in the recent gush of establishments claiming to be gastropubs.
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