Usually I don’t have trouble placing a restaurant into a specific category, but with Bound’ry, no matter which I choose, it will be doing the restaurant a disservice. It is a tapas bar; it certainly is a mighty fine steak restaurant; you can indulge in almost any kind of fresh seafood; and there are plenty of delightful pizza choices. So which do I call it? Maybe a pizza-steak-seafood-tapas restaurant? Or maybe I will just leave it to you to decide—once you have eaten here, you won’t care; you will just want to return.
You will be charmed by the eatery even before you sit down. The bright wall murals, the dim lighting, the terracotta walls, all insure that you will be delighted that you have picked this restaurant. Dining is on two levels indoors, and there is also outdoor patio dining. The bar is a smoking area and is known for its fine selection of cigars, which are welcome there.
Once you are seated, you will be totally overwhelmed by the menu. There is a staggering number of choices. Just the regular menu would guarantee confusion, but then you throw in the specials and it can take 20 minutes just to look everything over. Luckily, I was with a group and we were served samplers from the appetizer menu. I had a terrible time deciding what I wanted for my main course. One has to complain that there are too many choices.
I finally ordered a Caesar salad and a small plate of Korean-style barbecue marinated prime beef with coconut rice and spicy pepper sauce. The sauce is served on the side. The beef was very tender and the rice and sauce yummy. I also tried a local brew, the Yazoo Dos Perros, which was a red beer with a slightly smoky and, I thought, woody taste. Definitely different, but maybe not my favorite.
The plates of sample foods were amazing. The “cheese selection” paired Bavarian Champignon, Chimay, Vacharin and Garoxxt with a muscadine jam and fig chutney, a perfect balance of pungent and sweet. I also tried the pan-seared sea scallops, crab cakes, and the tastiest lamb chops with a cilantro honey graze. All exceptional.
Everyone in our party was raving about the food. One of the men tried the ostrich and couldn’t wait to let everyone try it (not me, though—I don’t care for it). Another member of the group had the Phoenician, a large platter of marinated mozzarella. Sesame feta, sun-dried tomato chutney, lemon-scented roasted red peppers, pesto, mixed olives, tomatoes, cashew hummus, raita, roasted garlic, toasted pita points, and focaccia. All this for $11.
The dessert menu makes me want to cry over the fact that we were late for our next engagement and didn’t have time to eat any. Oh well, there is always next time—and rest assured, there will be a next time.