text: We were so excited to try Binkleys and with Restaurant week as it made it a great way to experience this heralded restaurant The location is a bit lacking and the seating options are limited but I think that is known as part of their charmnnOur amuse bouche started off with a wonderful butternut squash soup in a maple sugar rimmed minimug Then amazing frozen Greek salad balls on a spoon they just melted into a wonderful burst of all those flavors A minimuffaletta with caper berry and tiny potato chip was fun but not very memorable we missed the fired okra with aerated Ranch that was on the menunnMy wife did have one of their signature cocktails and I enjoyed the wine pairing along with each course sweet pinot noir sparkling wine to start nnAfter all that our first course came a chilled plum consommue with a few unique combination of little touches of shrimp kiwi pomegranate and a smear of avocado My wife described the consommue as similar to a really sweet cough syrup Ok we pushed onnnThe second amuse bouche was a sweet cherry bomb with what was to be a firecracker ver jus A literal explosion of sweet in your mouth Then to clense our pallet a sugary gingerlime soda nnThe main course was braised beef short rib with the usual potato mushroom mire poix touches Texture was great Nothing outside the box here rather rich very saltynnSo of course you need another amuse bouche prior to dessert These are always fun and what Binkleys is known for It is a very generous experience especially at only for Restaurant week But as you guessed it did we need a lemon glazed donut hole along with a sweet herbal tea made tableside since we do not eat much sugar I am starting to shake at this pointnnThe third course dessert showed itself as a caramel Boston Crueme pie parfait with dark chocolate custard etc Presentation was in a small glass so you could see the layers nothing unique and the flavor was just fine not something to say much about although I only managed two bites of this sweet treat in order to taste each layer I had to finish my dessert winennGot our bill all was well Service was amazing very thorough but a bit overly energetic We paid and oh wait I still have to eat this final amuse bouche a mini macaroon Nice call the day after to make sure we enjoyed our dinner Try it