954 N California (at Augusta)
After our weekly house meeting, we went around the corner to a place I’ve been wanting to try: Rootstock. We found an unassuming yet comfortable room and very laid-back staff. Good music.
We ordered drinks: for the Husband, a brown ale from Brooklyn Brewery and for me, Engelgarten, an Alsatian white. Not really hungry for a full meal, we settled on 3 cheeses and 3 charcuterie.
We were presented with a truly careful assemblage of snack: Delicious La Quercia meats and the house pate. A great trio of goat, sheep, and cow’s milk cheeses. Accompaniments that went pleasantly beyond the usual suspects. And….slices of squishy Italian loaf. Such a let-down. Bread matters! Bread is important! Good meat and cheese deserve better than that! Hopefully next time, they’ll sport a baguette at the very least.
Total was $41.99.