text: JKL chapter nSo at the risk of sounding like a Victrola I am becoming more and more disappointed with Valley bourgeois eateries There is invariable something that becomes slightly bittersweet by the end of meal Or beginning with Pizzeria Bianco n side notenSorry Chris but your lines and wait times are outrageous Simply because you are the newest crush of Martha Stewart and Oprah should not allow your reputation to act like a Van Buren streetwalker If people are first or second in line when it opens they should have not to wait an additional hour to be seated Phoenix is your bread and butter If you lose us your street cred will diminish faster than Lohans descent into Dantes inferno nnOk I am done nnSo we arrived a few minutes past our reservations but this did not deter our hostess from seating us immediately Very nice And it was still busy at Almost boisterous We were happy After a few minutes servers presented us with chilled water and bread served with olive oil The service was prompt on refills but not overbearing Big point there The bread was unremarkable as was the olive oil Not very flavorful nor was the bread soft But it was not bad nnWe then order tuna tartare and and house pulled mozzarella their name for Caprese salad The salad would only be adequate for people to share However it was delicious Arugula basilwell you know the rest Very fresh flavorful The balsamic was amazing The tuna was fresh but nearly flavorless If I closed my eyes while eating it I would have insisted that it was salty diced roma tomatoes via bruschetta We also order a New Zealand sauvignon blanc It was a good selection nnK ordered the pan roasted chicken We started chuckling over this decision as chicken does not have various temperature deviations like beef or fish So if they pulled off chicken well that is a good sign L ordered the bass but we were informed approximately minutes later that they were out Our spunky waitress apologized profusely L ordered Salmon with crispy potato cake with molasses lime syrup I asked for the castiron pepper steak served medium nnK enjoyed his chicken This is good news for Tarbells Ls fish and crispy potato cake were overwhelmed with the molasses and made the dish seem like more like dessert Our waitress got L a new dish rd times the charm right The manager came over and apologized But she like it better than the first or is it second although it was a bit dry and missing flavor My steak was medium and wellwell done It was quite peppercorny Good cut but the temp was off And it could have used some more salt from the chef so I would not have to salt it so Perhaps it is my savory tongue that is too blame It was not bad just not great The side potatoes of this dish were divinennThey comped our dessert which was Warm Chocolate Cake with Pistachio Ice Cream The ice cream was still solid when we got it instead of melting into some sweet fugue The ice cream was tasty with hints of a liquor L told me she thought our dessert was comparable to Safeway Although it was comped it still failed to wow usnnThe food was almost completely unremarkable The service was great I would take serversintraining to show them what exceptional service is But not chefs Bittersweet