text: I live in the neighborhood of the Newtonand have anxiously awaited the opening of all the components Had dinner with a friend last night and we did all the recommended dishes fried green tomatoes watermelon salad and the duck and coconut cake for dessert I thought all the food was pretty good I was a little disappointed about not being able to tastefind the sausage that was in the rice that came with the duckit would have added a nice little spice The coconut cake was terrific and a nice ending to the mealnnThe reason for the three are things with a little work could be fixedn The restaurant is noisyI think there is a trend that somehow the noise is supposed to be an indicator of coolnessit is a decision that restaurants have to makeit is loud but was not intolerablen The service was just offsometimes very attentive and sometimes a desert If you are going to suggest splitting a dish that has ricethen by all means bring a spoon out so one does not have to transfer the rice from one plate to another grain by grain with a knife and a forkObviously we would have asked for a spoon had the waiter not been in the desert mode at the timen Again if people are splitting plateshave the good sense to bring out clean small plates between coursesthey were not offered and we could not ask because again we were in the waiter desert at the moment we needed them n In my mind unless specifically requested an appetizer and a salad are two different courses and should be served separately so there is time to enjoy themn We had a little bit of the pimento spread left over from the tomatoes and asked from some bread What we got was something that was spongy and white on the inside and had barely a crust on the outsideI would certainly not call it bread A restaurant at this level has no excuse for serving yucky breadif you are going to serve it should be able to stand on its own as well as being a complement to whatever it is going with A great tasty rye would have been wonderful for the left over pimento or even a robust baguette but certainly not what we got nnSouthern RailI really want you to get to your act together you are such a welcome addition to the neighborhoodIt will not take muchbut you have to start paying attention to the details Our little corner of the world is pretty competitiveI can just as easily walk east or west as walk southPlease step up your game so I want to head south on a regular basis