On my way to market Hall, I noticed a new restaurant on 9th— the Perennial! They had several empty seats at the bar, and your enticing review motivated us to change our plans and eat here instead.
To echo @mariacarmen , this was one of those rare experiences where every dish nailed it, or at least had a strong component for the dish to succeed. I’ve had excellent dishes at nearby Alta Ca and AQ, but enough experiments gone awry that I’m cautious to return.
We loved the bread and butter, cauliflower toast (favorite dish from texture to tastes, savory glaze made from mushrooms), gnocchi (cooked in a log, sliced, and browned), bisque, pork (fatty parts were as good as I’ve tasted, pork flesh, I assume sous vide, was tender but didn’t excite me), and the buckwheat financier dessert (parsnip ice cream, a hint of candy cap mushrooms, and blood oranges.
The last page of the cocktail menu has a bar snacks list. Some of these items, like the cauliflower toast, are on the main menu but there are others that weren’t. I found the dishes appropriately portioned relative to the heaviness-- including tax and tip, we got out of there full for $67 a head, with a cocktail each.
