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“There’s a deer lick near here, and there’s a really pretty stream over there.”

Service is all over you until you need to find someone to let them know the salad Lyonnaise could double as a deer lick.

One visit’s mackerel and apple tartare, so salty it could double as a deer lick, is of late a subtly seasoned tuna tartare mixed with the same minced fruit and toasted walnuts and served on a buttermilk dressing dappled with chive oil.

“Deer lick and kiss and nibble and groom each other throughout life. It is so insane that someone would tell you that dropping corn might cause a deer to swap spit.”

The margaritas were of the quality you’d expect in an airport lounge — no second round, thanks — and the chips, so light they snapped in the smoked salsa, were both shiny with oil and salty as a deer lick.