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Neighborhood: SOMAOffering a 3 course Prix Fixe menu for $55 pp.
Enjoy items like Grilled Apple Salad, Butternut Squash Soup, Spiral Cut Ham, & Pumpkin Pie
Mon-Fri. 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Mon-Fri. 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sat. 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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Dinner last night was both memorable and enjoyable...a hard combination to get just right, but Paragon did it. We were, however, a large party of 12 in the little private dining area so maybe we got some special attention, but that made it even better.
I had the wedge salad, which is hard to mess up so all I can say is that it was a good wedge of crunchy water...I mean iceburg lettuce, hahahahah...cucumbers, blue cheese and Ranch. I thought wedge salad was supposed to have bacon, but I had a martini or two before it arrived so maybe it was me.
Hanger steak with asparagus was an excellent choice for my entree and the meat was cooked perfectly. Being in the business I know Hanger is not expensive to buy and easy to mess up! The price was a little high ($22), but at least it was deliciously tender, cooked properly and a nice cut of Hanger. Plus, they shaved my asparagus to make sure the bottoms were just as tender as the tops. This attention to detail is a sign of caring about the food's texture as well as the flavor so hands up in the air for the cook with the peeler shaving the asparagus! Tedious, I'm sure, but so well worth it...thank you to the Legumier! The entree paired well with the Flat Tire on draught.
Finally, the interpretation on the banana split was rockin'! Thank you for a well thought out, deconstructed plate of gingerbread cookie, ice cream, bananas and chocolate sauce. Coffee with Frangelico neat...stick a fork in me 'cause I was done!
Paragon I did read some of your one star reviews on my way to the restaurant, but they mostly seemed to be ball game related and that's really just not fair. I tried my friend's French fries, which could have been a little better I think...however he devoured his burger and it looked delicious. Several others compliments on the two different pasta dishes and said they were very good as well.
Four stars because it's nice to see attention to detail in every aspect of a meal and I did...food, beverage, service and ambiance. Kudos to you all.
A friend and I went in for an early dinner this past Saturday, 05.23.09. The restaurant wasn't… Read more »
I don't think the food or service is very good at all. Lowest quality menu choices, prepared poorly.
Too bad; close proximity to the ballpark makes it obvious choice before a game. I get the feeling that management just wants to move as many bodies as possible in-and-out before first pitch.
The only thing that really drives me wild here is that champagne and it is mediocre at best. Calamari, mussels, tacos, burgers, french fries...I've had better of everything elsewhere. However, I eat because that's what fat girls do.
Warning: if Giant's are playing, come before the crowds roll in to booze it up. This place gets packed.
All I can do is give more props to the staff at Paragon. Pete, Chris and Matt make good drinks at the bar. The kitchen tend to amaze me when I order something different. I will have to ask them to leave ham out the potatoe salad! I'm sorry but thats just nasty. Any meat in a potatoe salad is nasty to me.
But keep the grilled cheese and fresh chips and onion dip coming and please another long beach please! And for dinner I'll go ahead and have the Roasted Chicken with the Mac-n-Cheese and martini hanger or goose will do.
Thanks guys
I've had lunch at Paragon a few times this year and I love it! I can eat at the bar with friends or… Read more »
The Paragon is a staple for me and my friends to go before a Giants game and even without the Giants playing I continue to love going here. Very reasonably priced, friendly staff and possibly the best Calamari in the city.
There are days when nothing is going to hit the spot like the Paragon grilled cheese sammie. Today, my best friend and I agreed that indeed, it deserves poetry.
ODE TO THE PARAGON GRILLED CHEESE SAMMICH
Ode to thee o' cheesy one.
Thy layers are such gooey fun.
Encrusted in Parmesan-fried toast,
You're why I write this humble post.
With a choice of turkey or smoked bacon,
My pallet will not be forsaken.
I love to dip your cheesy goop
In warm and tasty tomato soup.
You rule as comfort food in SOMA
And always worth that sleepy food coma.
They make an amazing grilled cheese sandwich! I've had good experiences here. It's pricey but I've… Read more »
The environment is nice, but the food is all right. I order the fish with Pea sauce on top. It is good, but I don;t really llike the pea sauce.
I was surprise not to see a lot of people eating on a Friday night. it was pretty quiet, except the bar was really noise.
This spot has been a SOMA staple around the South Park/Ball Park area for me for a while. When I worked in the area several years ago, Paragon was a regular "business lunch" location and as they also have a nice semi-private dining area in the back did a few small events/dinners there as well.
You may ask why I've not reviewed Paragon before if it's such a regular spot. Frankly hadn't really thought of it until having gone there last night with a posse of social-media-saturated pals ... and of course as a result realized I"d never spoken up ... so...
As you can see by my star rating, I'm a fan of the place. It's not necessarily due to superlative food or service, but more that other factors - such as great location and nice atmosphere - play in heavily.
Also, I cannot recall a time I did not enjoy the company in which I spent my time at Paragon - which may not be a function of the place, per se, but it certainly gives the spot a warm corner booth in my heart.
With that, I'll break down my overall rating in more detail:
Service: 2/3
As a rule, it's rather spotty service here. Took forever to get our drinks and the server didn't pass by often enough to even catch her eye as folks arrived for our medium-sized (about 8 folks in all) group. We had the foresight to bulk order food & drinks as she passed us.
To be fair, the bar area was pretty packed and she seemed to be the only server handing a sizable number of tables, which certainly impacts ability to deliver stuff to tables and the like. And when she was at our table she was lovely, friendly and had some good menu recommendations.
Also when it came to sorting out the bill, she handled it quickly (of course one of our posse had done an incredible job of sorting it out and all!)
Food: 3/3.5
The food's nothing to write home about, but it's not bad. I'd call the fare at Paragon a good solid choice where you know you'll get a reliably good meal with some regular items on the menu that are great. I started with the heirloom tomato salad, which included arugula (yum!), goat chese (yum) and watermelon. Now normally all would be good with this, but it's a bit late in tomato season, really, and certainly long past crisp watermelon days. The result was a mediocre (saved by arugula) salad for me. Then I went to my old stand-by. The burger. Medium rare (on the rare side) with swiss. Comes with garlic fries.
Need I say more? :)
Atmosphere: 4
I like a boisterous spot, and Paragon generally delivers on this. On this particular night there was a large, private group filling the inside bar area. My particular posse sat at the long bench table just inside the roll up door to the patio. It was a bit chilly and could make do with a bit more heat lampage ... but overall quite nice.
The company in which I was there:
This was, of course, the best of the entire evening. This was a group of women - almost all of whom I know almost exclusively on-line. And of those, some of them are very very new friends. So this was a gathering of that very wonderful social media sort where people who know each other digitally get a chance to augment the virtual reality with some good, old-fashioned, in person pal time.
It was lovely.
Came here after a game for a work outing. It was completely packed with middle-aged guys drunk on a weekday afternoon, and there was almost no service. The calamari was absolutely inedible.
Webster's defines "paragon" as "a model of excellence or perfection."
So after reading the negative and positive reviews and combining them with my own experiences at paragon I've learned a couple things. It helps if you know someone who works there and it's a better for lunch meetings because it tends to close at weird times.
My buddy used to work here. I went to paragon a handful of time to pick him up. Sometimes i got their early and he wasnt done with his shift. He'd say sit down at the bar and have a burger. That's what I'd do!
Their burgers here are high-end burgers. I think they use rock salt when grounding their beef, which makes the beef very flavorful. It will come with fries and an aioli. I've only had one other thing here and it was a ribeye steak special with the fries and it was tasty enough, but expensive. I've also come here several times with my work and 3 of us ordered the burgers cause we love them so much and my boss got the fish. He knows more people there including some of the bartenders so he gets stiff drinks. It pays to be in the know here.
Bottom line: you ain't from Frisco and looking for dinner by the ballpark, try another neighborhood.
If you're friends of the restaurant and are feeling like an expensive, but good burger or some drinks then go in and sit down. Truth be told the burger is gonna be the same price as burgermeister or joe's cable car or any of those other dishonest burger joints.
Great 15$ burger!
Hit or miss with this place. But overall, A-OK.
HIT
1. Garlic fries, mussels and calamari are really good when you're there for cocktails or just wanting some nibbles with friends
2. Pretty well made cocktails (they make a mean lemon drop and an equally mean apple martini, and decent wine selection)
3. Getting a table for lunch or dinner is not difficult except when there is a Giants game on
4. Service is consistent and reliable
5. Lunch menu is small but that's its beauty. Give the steak a shot and their fish entrees are nice.
6. Lunch salads are pretty good!
7. Love the outdoor seating on those clear SOMA days
8. Good for after work drinks with co-workers
MISS
1. Of late, the times I've been there for lunch, the burger bordered on overly greasy as did the calamari... ugh!
2. Of late, the food arrived way too quickly (for a steak) and was laid out a bit haphazardly
2. Is definitely a bit pricey for the "OK" quality food
3. Place needs some serious sound insulation! Noise level here makes COCO 500's noise level sound quiet. Noise just bounces off the walls.
Overall, its an A-OK place I visit once in a while for a change in my palette, since I work a couple of blocks from here. But they might want to work on the food and noise level lest Paragon become ParaGONE.
Peace out, my peeps.
It's funny when you see all bad reviews are when all ball games go on. I decided to go after season and the service and food was great. We started with a huge mount of calamari. It was really crispy and yummy! My client had the steak and he said it was cooked perfectly and really tasty. I went with the chicken and mac n cheese. This dish is reallly tasty. They flavors are strong and great.
I have also had their salads at lunch and they are fantastic. A little pricey but really delicious.
I WAS a HUGE fan of Paragon, frequenting here at least a few times a month, The food was fantastic, the drinks were excellent and the ambiance was exceptional. However after my last experience they have lost a loyal patron.
The food is Ok. Sadly, no longer something I would rave about to my friends. My favorite dessert, the Chipwhich, which was once a sinful concotion of chocolate chip cookie, vanilla bean ice cream and WARM chocolate dipping sauce is now a SLOPPILY thrown together cookie and ice cream, with COLD chocolate dipping sauce.
Fresh, hot fries are no longer, as the fries that we ordered came out totally cold.
Overall, this is not the Paragon I onced loved. I have no idea what has happened but I really hope it goes back to what it once was.
=(
There for dinner Saturday night, I tried to make a reservation on open table but it said it was booked, but when I called I got a reservation.
I frequent this place often, I love their mojitos, so good and sooo strong, worth the $8. then I got a blue cheese wedge salad, it was okay, not the best dressing. The best is the roasted chicken with mac and cheese. WOW it is melt in your mouth good.
Nothing like a bad experience to inspire one to finally create a Yelp account.
Went here for lunch for the first time today. I can't complain about the food because we didn't stay long enough. I was looking forward to trying the grilled cheese with tomato soup, but frankly, we were driven out by the service.
It's *terrible*.
Lunch service should be fast. Most people going in for lunch are there during work hours. Instead, we stood waiting to get seated for five minutes. Four minutes in, someone actually acknowledged us by saying "I'll be with you in a second". We didn't even get seated. We said table for two, she handed us two menus and told us to find a seat in the lounge.
We were served warm water in a jug. We waited at least another five minutes going through our menus. When a waitress came up to us with a pad, she asked us if we had a drink order. My companion said water was good for both of us, and that we were ready to order. She then walked away and went to another table. We sat there stunned with confused looks on our faces. We waited another five minutes with no one coming to take our food order, so we left.
Was the place busy? No more than any other establishment at 12:00 on a Tuesday. Was it understaffed? I can't tell, but if it was, that's the fault of the management. There seemed to be at least three to four servers that I could see.
We were late getting back from lunch due to such shoddy service. Save your time and money, find a more polite group of servers to go to.
Four of us came here on the way to a concert. It seemed nice, but the food and the service was not all that great. Two people ordered cheeseburgers, one ordered the pot pie, I ordered the roast chicken. Mine was decent, but everyone else was pretty disappointed with their food. No one ate all of their food. Well, I did.... but I was hungry!! lol
The waitress was busy, but I feel she could have made more of an effort and shouldn't have shot us evil stares every time we needed something.
Everything was way overpriced, none of the food came out at the same time and none of the food was good enough to bring us back in.
Been there, done that... will never go back.
PEEEEEEaaaace!!
What do you get when you cross really high quality ingredients with apathetic line cooks and a menu that was created while in the throes of boredom? Not much.
I have been coming to this place for a little over a year simply becuase it's a stone's throw from the office and they have outdoor seating. Honestly, NOTHING on the menu, which I have sampled almost in it's limited entirety, is worth getting excited about.
They have great quality produce, fish, and meats, but they manage to make sure that none of it tastes good: Salads are either boring and flavorless or overrun by some kind of crappy dressing. The calamari is greasy and contains huge chunks of fried fennel, which is a downright ghastly, and the pulled pork tastes like it was doused in liquid smoke instead of... well, acutally smoked. The specials are thrown together, often missing some sort of critical component: a plate of fish with a veggie and no starch; or leftover pasta hodge-podge with a laddle full of melted butter.
The patio is a nice place to sit and have a glass of wine, but other than that, this place is utterly blah.
Pretty good. Randy Johnson was drinking at the bar.
Apparently he is a big deal but I am a Brit and he doesn't play Cricket so what do I know?
If you come to Paragon, you have to get their Chicken with the Mac N Cheese side. It was surprisingly tender and full of flavor. They give you a generous portion of mac n cheese, which made me think that the chicken was my side. Mac was the best I have had so far (excluding Town Hall's mac n cheese balls).
Crab cake app was also a generous size. Also got the calamari - both were good.
The fact that I didn't have to pay for my lunch made this restaurant a lot more appealing. I guess free food tends to do that. The point is that if I was spending my own money, I wouldn't go back for the food. It's a nice place to meet a friend for a drink, if you're in the area, but I wouldn't trek more than say, 4 blocks, to do that.
I love calamari. There is nothing that says delicious like a giant plate of fried tentacles. Here's what calamari needs: Salt and Lemon. Pretty simple. Here's what it doesn't need: caramelized onion, fried green bean, and potato. Perhaps Paragon didn't realize that the menu said "calamari" and not "home fries" but in any case, even if those ingredients had been left out, there's still more flavor in a saltine cracker than in that squid.
Since I had been feeling a little under the weather, I got the squash soup special. It was yummy and just what I was looking for, but really, how hard is it to make squash soup taste good? The answer is it's freakishly easy.
They basically do average so well that they charge a higher price for it.
I was not impressed with this place at all. It had that uppity, "we're better than you" feel/attitude, without the actual quality of food. The food was average at best and no where near worth the prices. The server was horrible and unattentive. The one positive, that saves this place from 1 star is that it was open late enough and they had a really good cucumber gimlet.
The garlic fries were good, not too garlicky. Friends had mussels, calamaris, and halibuts. Those were good too.
I had their cheese burger in med. well, but it came out to be still very red. I didn't send it back, but a little disappointed.
A big plus: No reservation needed, and got a table quickly on a Friday night.
Best grilled cheese sandwich! (which i am craving for right now) it comes with a salad and a tomato soup and is enough for two people to share for lunch. you might wonder why would you order grilled cheese sandwich at paragon but it is one of the best. layers of melted cheddar between 2 slices of slightly toasted bread with just the right amount of crunchiness.. yummmmmm
garlic fries. skinny & crispy.
Caesar salad with fried calamari.. i wasn't feeling this one so much... maybe if they were separated, it'd be good.
and finally to complete the meal, mango ginger soda :)
The food was okay. A decent enough place if you want to go somewhere nice to eat (as in nice decor/more upscale) in Soma for lunch, though why you would pick this over something like South Park Cafe I have no idea. Be on your guard when you order because they really push the mushroom cigars on you. Do not be irritated if they act like they didn't hear you the first time and mention it again (like asking before you order then asking again after you order). Apparently some people do not know their own minds and need to be reminded.
They do have a nice patio and often on warm days it's packed at happy hour.
I used to live in the building (The Towers) where Paragon sits, so I'll be the first to note that I probably frequented this place a liiiiittle too often (hey, when it's a place where everybody, including the cooks, bartenders, hosts/hostesses & regular diners know your name, you know it's time to find a new watering hole)... and of course, anywhere you go is only as good as your last visit, so my repeat visits speak to Paragon's [former] deliciousness.
My perfect Paragon experience happened last year, pre-Sunday 1:05 Giants game, when I rolled over with one of my girlfriends from college and we ordered calamari, grilled cheese sammies & margaritas - the bartender kept feeding us top-shelf margs for free and needless to say, the Giants game was about 20x more fun than it should have been (I'll be honest). Sadly, those days are done... the 'Paragon of yore', so to speak.
Totally disappointed to say that Paragon hasn't been 'on point' as of late. My last visit was late last week, when I walked in around 8pm on Friday evening. Ordered calamari - rubbery, tasteless, McD's would have been better (if they had calamari) - a side of mac & cheese (way too heavy on the rosemary, yuck) and some mussels. The mussels were admittedly super delish. The mojitos here are gigantic and yummy but can't make up for the lack of prompt service and a spacey waitstaff.
Paragon has a dope bread pudding (that I didn't order because I'm not on a mission to be the fattest person possible at this point in time), but otherwise, I'm disappointed with the turn that it's taken - and I feel the same way about the one nestled in The Claremont Hotel & Spa in Berkeley.
(well, maybe I just feel that way about Paragon @ the Claremont because they banned Tri Delt from ever having a date party there again after our infamous, debaucherous sorority-fraternity mixer of 2002)
Paragon? Super easy walk-in on a week/-end night. Food? Okay, not great, expectations should be mediocre, at best. Drinks? Not bad. Great margaritas & mojitos make this a fabulously convenient pre-baseball hotspot but otherwise, not somewhere I'd go for yummy bites (or to impress anybody, that's for sure). Wa wa waaaaaah.
like all restaurants - timing makes for a better experience. go when the giants are playing in town and it affects service and ambiance. i went on a warm quiet non-game day and had a surprisingly good experience. my friend and i dined alfresco with dog and enjoyed pulled pork and other meats on a bun. interestingly enough i thought our server was a little too attentive. we whiled the rest of the evening away on the fries and drinks. comfort food seems the right way to go.
home game days have paragon and the other place down the street packed to standing room only (heck the street itself is packed). give yourself some time when you order differently but expect to get exactly what you asked for.
Blah... I went here for dinner just because its down the street from me, but was not impressed.
The selection is pretty limited, and the food is bland and basic.
Been here twice, once for dinner and once for lunch.
Drinks: average and unimaginative. I suggested some ingredients to see what the bartender could do and he, well, combined the two ingredients.
Food: My salad was flavorless and the steak was well done and chewey. My entree was uninspiring.
Dessert: The best part of the meal, but equivalent to a cookie bar I might get out of my own freezer.
Service: Friendly, but very slow and not attentive. For a place that serves lunch to the local crowd, you'd think they'd try to shuffle you out in an hour or so. We would have ordered another round of drinks if she would have been a bit speedier.
In summary: Jack Falstaff, Coco500, or Tres Agaves are much better choices within a few blocks of Paragon.
The Giants are back in season and I scored some great tickets to take a client to the game, the big decision was were to go for dinner being an evening game.
I decided on Paragon after reading the many reviews about restaurants around AT&T Park and was not let down at all.
First, we got there real early which helped and our server was very attentive to our needs through the meal and helped us with our selections which I found above par!
We started with fresh oysters and a wonderful fresh dipping sauce. Yum!
I had the salmon and my client had the hanger steak and both of our entrees were cooked to perfection and arrived right on time. We both got refills of our favorite local brews on tap.
Dessert held some interesting choices as my client had never experienced a Irish Coffee which he enjoyed very much.
So there you have it, great food, great service and great location near AT&T park!
Celebrated a birthday here. Tasted everyone's food which was not bad. I personally had the Hanger Steak w/ chimichurri sauce... I had the worst one amongst all. I would never even attempt to order this again. Steak was cooked just ok ( i asked for med. rare). my chimichurri sauce recipe tasted better so a bit disappointing there. We had a 3 yr. old girl w/ us... which the server (Jami) was clearly not happy about. She gave a smirk basically as soon as she saw the child, although she behaved pretty well the entire dinner.
Service was mediocre, unfortunately. server was terse, quite unattentive & cold. Fortunately for her, there were quite a few of us, so there was an automatic tip added to our bill. Perhaps that's why service sucked. she didn't have to earn her tip. My sister & i were both servers... had service been stupendous, we would have added to her gratuity. Sucky experience for a birthday.
Wow the lunch at Paragon was good all around!
Everyone in my group enjoyed their meal. The best was the steak salad. I did not order the salad, but I know it was the best because both of the people who did said it was one of the best salads they have ever had! I ordered the Paragon Burger with garlic fries, which was good but not five star good. From what I hear this is one of the places people go for happy hour after work, so I will be back!
I had a pretty yummy meal here on Saturday night. It was 5 of us out enjoying a night of dinner and dancing. I had a friend visiting from LA and another friend suggested we go there. We showed up way after our reservation was set for but the hostess was awesome- granted it was an extremely slow night either wise i am sure they would have knocked us off and made us wait. I had a mojito, which is one of my favorite drinks ever in life- ever and they made a pretty damn good one. The food is nothing out of this world but I ordered the roast chicken dinner which came with spinach and a fancy shmancy mac and cheese which was pretty damn yummy. Our dessert was so good too, it was an ice cream sandwhich with a side of fudge for dipping...I LOVE CHOCOLATE...I'm crazy for anything with it. Overall the dinner was a pretty good experience and tasty. A little over priced for my taste- it was $64 for 2 which was our portion of the bill and we didn't have appetizers or too many cocktails. I liked it and the area is relatively nice. I reccomend this spot for a pre baseball dinner date...
What's great about Paragon is that it's close. Service here is below average, but people come for the drinks not the total package. The food is good, but better if you're there after work for a glass of vino or a vodka-tonic. I think this place stays in business because there are a lot of startups with office space nearby, plenty of people living in the new SOMA condo buildings and not too many after work spots that aren't stadium-focused sports bars. District is down the street and much better on the net, but Paragon is easy and never too crowded.
Beware of Loopnet groupies who go here every Friday after the beer cart dries up.
Best Lunch spot ever!!!
The dinners are as good as the lunch, but you really can't beat the lunch menu! The Chicken Pesto sandwich is amazing - I love love love it! Also - where can you go to lunch for two people - get amazing food and drinks - and spend less than $35 including tip? It's a steal of a deal - we always take our clients here and they rave about the lunch every time. Super good!
We also had our company holiday party here - perfect little private room - very attentive staff - and tasty wine and beer selections!
The fried calamari/green beans were soooo deliciously spicy. The beer was a bit expensive, but that's to be expected so close to the ball park on a Friday night.
It was a game night when I went, so I'm not sure if it always gets as annoyingly crowded with rowdy people normally--would venture to say no, but not sure.
I can't say I love this place but I will say the burger is an excellent choice with quality cheese. It comes with delicious garlic fries or salad and perfect as a take-out meal.
Avoid Paragon during game nights when it gets crowded and very much forgettable!
My first time dining here was last year. This was my first date with the boy. There weren't too many patrons, but then again, it was a Monday night. I was still recovering from my birthday weekend, but the boy said that I had to try their mojitos. He said the magic word...*MOJITO*....and I caved. I ended up drinking two of those bad boys and they were deeee-licious.
The food was quite tasty. For our appetizer, we either had the Spicy Crab Cake or the Calamari....or both...can't remember. I had the Grilled Hangar Steak, and he had the Roasted Chicken. The boy was raving about their Mac N' Cheese, which is why he ordered the chicken...it comes as a side. Once it came out, I had to see what all the fuss was about. One bite, and I was in love!! It was soooooo good. They bake their Mac N' Cheese, so the top is crispy, and it had just the right amount of cheeeesy goodness.
I've been back a few times to grab some Mac N' Cheese and mojitos before the Giants games. This place gets pretty packed, but its definitely better than buying the expensive ballpark food. I've been meaning to try other items on the menu, but I keep coming back for the Mac N' Cheeeeeese!
The only bad thing is that they're not open on Sunday's unless there's a Giants game. So if its not baseball season, you're out of luck.
I go here sometimes, mostly because it's close. The clams are nice. Nothing I've had has been spectacular, but it's not bad either. I think it's okay value for money. Know what to expect and you'll not be disappointed.
Still a great place for dinner and drinks. Their roast chicken is prepared perfectly and it's very difficulty to reproduce at home. They have a yummy butter pecan bread pudding with warm banana bourbon sauce and this is a big deal considering that I HATE bananas. I still love their mac and cheese and have steamed mussels that I've added to my list of favorites.
During baseball season, grab a seat out on the sidewalk for some people watching and tasty cocktails. It's so much fun!
All I gotta say is Mac N Cheese. Yum. They're fried calamari is also very good. I think it's a… Read more »
When the economy goes in the tank, you tend to stay closer to home, so thank the friggin' supreme deity (your choice, I have no preference) that Paragon is just across the street from where I live and work. Executive Chef Spencer O'Meara continues to come up with great reasons to keep my butt on a bar stool asking for the dinner menu. Take for instance the Wednesday Night Smokin' Menu:
- Applewood Smoked Four Pepper Crusted Brisket ($18.00)
- Hickory Smoked Baby Back Ribs - St. Louis Style ($19.00)
- Mesquite Smoked Pulled Pork Shoulder Sandwich ($14.00)
- Spice Rubbed BBQ 1/2 Chicken ($15.00)
I ordered the Spiced Rubbed Chicken the other night, and it was a bit of good luck that I was already drinking the Hill Family Pinot Noir. The smoky-spice sensations of the chicken danced, weaved and floated with the earthy Pinot flavors like an Ali butterfly shuffle (sans the bee sting) - an awesome combination.
And if there any economist or financial types out there, please take note: the $15.00 1/2 chicken, which seemed more like a 7/8 chicken, also included Hush Puppies, Collard Greens and Baked Beans. Such a deal!
Spencer, what the hell are Hush Puppies anyway?
I love my neighborhood joint, so come on down to South Beach for Smokin' Wednesdays. Also check out Brat N' Beer Thursday. But mind your friggin' manners and be nice or you will have Big Pete and me to deal with. This is our house.
This is my neighborhood hangout. I hang at Paragon because:
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all things food. where i like to chow down. and…
