text: Every time you move to a new city and ask about the places to go for good food there are a few names everyone rattles off Salt is one of those in PittsburghnnIf this were a quasiFrench restaurant I might understand the price point but no such pomp and circumstance The decor I think is great for a casual dinner and a fancier date that you do not want to feel too stuffy I do not care that you have your own place setting and fancy silverware it is at a communal table unless you reserve upstairs The service was no different than anything you would expect at Elbow Room it is finennMy barometer for any restaurant is a simple protein It says a lot about how they pick ingredients their philosophy about bringing flavor out vs marinating timing in the kitchen So I got a hangar steak Why No idea This is a cut closely resembling flank the stuff people use in fajitas and beef stir fry read marinade the shit out of it to make it taste good The dish came out looking like an art piece but the meat was so thin it did not retain any heat and it felt like eating the steak off the top of a fancy salad without the salad To their credit it was cooked well and I could see the idea behind it just did not taste good because the cut itself was lacking Scallops were the same story Good ingredients great plating light fluffy flavors and not too buttery nnWe had two drinks a piece I do not tend to get fancy cocktails but two Hendricks tonics and two Rieslings brought the total to with tip Humbly two stars from me because feeling fine after leaving a place like that is disappointing Went straight to Wendys afterwards and got some chicken nuggets