Beehive, reviewed by Catie Wildman

Jazz music is Best in the Beehive 
by Catie Wildman

There is live music playing on an exposed stage surrounded by seating, with a mixture of jazz, blues, and other genres. Downbeat Magazine rated the Beehive one of the “Top 100 Jazz Clubs in the World”. Although the night I attended there was no live music playing, captivating jazz music was played while dining, and videos of musicians were projected onto a wall. Throughout the restaurant there was unexpected forms of art, such as manikin hands placed next to the bottles in the bar, and luxurious tapestry curtains on walls on the stairs headed downstairs. Many different styles of art were used, resulting in a modgepodge of art and forms of expression scattered through the restaurant.

The restaurant is equipped with two bars, one upstairs and another downstairs. The menu has a variety of foods from around the world including eggplant spinach Parmesan, prime burgers, to seared duck breast, and even Moroccan cigars. There were things I had never heard of in dishes, such as tabouli, and tzatziki. I ordered the roasted Scottish salmon with parsnip-mashed potatoes, sautéed spinach, and red wine sauce on the side. A surprise to me was the bits of baked sweet potato on top of the salmon; the sweetness complimented the dish harmoniously which I was not expecting. Parts of dishes were unexpected, yet the perfect addition that helped all the flavors to blend into food worthy of the gods. For example the plum sauce that was paired with the seared duck breast was raved about, and purple carrots were a pleasant surprise to be found in the lamb and chicken couscous. The food at the Beehive is prepared with such detail and the flavors combine to form perfection, and the art and music create an upbeat and pleasurable atmosphere.