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Harvest Pizzeria
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Coremodels
Really close to Explorer's Club.
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I love Harvest Pizza more than some members of my family.
Posted 1 year ago # -
joev
Merion Village
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I've never heard a complaint about Harvest's drinks before! I think they're actually among the best in the city. Good commitment to using quality local ingredients, creative mixing. Awesome patio, fantastic pizza. There's almost nothing not to love about Harvest.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Realist
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I see a lot of love for Harvest, but I did not have a good experience. The hostess was was not very welcoming. I commented to my wife that I was surprised they would hire someone for that position who has no personality. I subsequently discovered she was the owner. Not a good start. The place was packed, so we headed to Curio to grab a drink while we waited for a table. The wife ordered wine, I ordered a cocktail. It took more than 15 minutes to make the cocktail. While waiting, the hostess came in on two separate occassions to tell us our table was ready. I tried to explain we were waiting for my drink, she didn't seem to grasp the fact that we were not just taking our time, letting the table sit open. During our wait, the bartender (who i again found out later is an owner) poured a low end triple sec into a bottle of Cointreau right in front of everyone at the bar. The gentleman next to us yelled out, "that's what got Smith and Wollensky in trouble!" and the bar tender commented that "it all tastes the same!" Unbelievable. The drink finally arrived, so we grabbed our table. The food has potential. The pizza oven was clearly not cooking at a high enough temperature though. No char on the crust. I was also confused by the clam pizza with red sauce. All in all, a crazy experience and we have no plans to go back to live through it all again.
Posted 10 months ago # -
towens123
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We at Curio and Harvest have poured a lot of time, energy, and soul into our establishment as well as our cocktails. It truly pains me that i even feel it necessary to respond to certain comments above but I will do so. Lets make it completely clear.... we for one, do not even carry triple sec at Curio and the experience as stated above absolutely NEVER occurred. We take way to much pride in what we do. Our cocktails and attention to detail speak for themselves. I must say, it is extremely upsetting to the hard working staff and good people of both Harvest and Curio that words like this would be thrown around via social media.
PS. To ALL those who have consistently shown your love and support for what we do at both Harvest and Curio we thank you tremendously.Posted 10 months ago # -
Mister Shifter
Lewis Center
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I was thinking the same thing to myself, why would Curio even HAVE Triple Sec? Travis has way to much of an exemplary track record in this city for me to give any weight to this story, and if it is fabricated, that's uber shady.
Sorry, I'm not buying it.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Realist
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It may not have been triple sec, but it was some lower end orange liquor that was poured into the Cointreau bottle in front of EVERYONE AT THE BAR. I absolutely nothing to gain from posting this. It happened, sorry someone was there to witness it and report it. I seriously regret not taking a picture.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Realist
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To be fair, it was clear that they were feverishly searching for another bottle of Cointreau but could not find one. This was a, "oh screw it we have to do what have to do" moment and I do not believe that it is a consistent practice. My guess is that it was a one off situation, but still disappointing to see in an establishment that prides itself on craft cocktails.
Posted 10 months ago # -
sean2outerspace
Clintonville
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Realist said:
To be fair, it was clear that they were feverishly searching for another bottle of Cointreau but could not find one. This was a, "oh screw it we have to do what have to do" moment and I do not believe that it is a consistent practice. My guess is that it was a one off situation, but still disappointing to see in an establishment that prides itself on craft cocktails.To be fair, while I still don't think this would ever actually happen at Curio, I do think that you could have mentioned the circumstances in your original post instead of making out Curio to be some sort of bait and switch operators. I've worked with the owners of both of these establishments in the past and will gladly tell anyone who will listen what a bunch of stand up, honest, passionate, hard working people they are. Additionally, I will continue to frequent these fine establishments as often as I possibly can regardless of whether or not they substituted one crappy orange liqueur for another crappy orange liqueur (which I still am not convinced actually went down)
Posted 10 months ago # -
drew
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Being a bit (a bit!) of a cocktail geek, I've spent my share of time at the bar at Curio watching them mix. Given what I've seen there, I can't imagine anything along the lines of what was described as anything that would've actually happened. Triple sec, not triple sec... OK, whatever.
Just not buyin' it.
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Coremodels
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Realist
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Once again I have nothing to gain by posting this. I am more frustrated by Curio's defense than those who do not believe the story. Admit you made a mistake and move own. No big deal. I gave an account of my experience and this was part of it. Frankly I was more put off by the complete lack of customer service by the hostess/owner than the "Cointreau" incident. Columbus accepts mediocrity too easily when it comes to food. We are too quick to reward average in our desire to find excellence. My experience of Curio and Harvest is that they deliver average food, drinks, and service. Happy to have them, but I want more. I want the best Pizza I have ever. Sorry if that is my expectation. If you do not care about minor details such as giving your pizza oven enough time to come to temperature then I do not want to pay for your food. Sorry if I expect the best. I was disappointed with my experience in part because expectations were high. I need to stop valuing opinions of those on CU when evaluating restaurants. My fault.
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