Inspired By Taste - Ripon

First off, Dean is great! Welcoming and accommodating. Terrific spot for laying back for food and drinks after a long day to unwind with your spouse, family or friends. Haven't tried the brunch yet. Will have to come back!

This was our first time here, and the reason we chose those spot was for the mimosa flights on their yelp review. BUT they do not serve them anymore which was disappointing. The food menu is limited for brunch. It was strange that all brunch items came with a side salad. The food was good, but for the pricing was on the more expensive side. For 3 people and we paid about $106 total. The overall service was good.

So like a lot of others, it pains me to give a poor review to a local establishment, but man, this just is not a great spot if you're coming to eat dinner! As the name of the place says, it IS a matter of taste, and unfortunately their food just didn't have it. We paid $35 per entree for extremely small portions. Two people had the crab linguini which was missing crab and was basically some noodles in a non existent sauce. The other two had the short ribs over the Mac and cheese. I mean, it was OK? But I would never ever pay what I did knowing I could get a steak at the Roadhouse two doors down for the same price. Finally, we ordered the loaded tater tots as an appetizer and after 10 minutes the server says that they don't have any tots but can make the appetizer with baby potatoes instead. We didn't complain, but when the appetizer came out, the baby potatoes were extremely undercooked--seriously, they were snapping as we bit them. Pretty bad. The 2 stars are for the server who was attentive and nice. Too bad his food recommendations were so wrong. At lease the ice cream emporium was right across the street since we left Matter of Taste with still a large appetite. 5 stars to the ice cream emporium for finishing the job! Back to the drawing board MoT.

Wonderful made from scratch food Great taste Impressive presentation Highly recommended

We had the 3 course meal with wine pairings for each. Elijah was our server. He was excellent. He provided great customer service, and knowledgable information of the wines and pairings with our salad, main course and dessert. We left here happy and will definitely return.