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| - I wont belabor the point, but when I pay decent money for a meal, I expect professional cooking and service. The undergraduate (my assumption), under-trained (my assertion) employees that prepared and served our meals were underwhelming (my conclusion).
The menu items sounded very interesting on paper, and after reading the glowing reviews by others here and elsewhere, they sound tasty on the Internet. Unfortunately, the real life execution did not match my expectation. I suppose it is like watching a movie based upon a book you love. You have the highest expectations for what sounds like a great dish, only to have your hopes dashed like so many Hollywood adaptations.
Comparing everything in Downtown Champaign to Chicago is obviously not a recipe for universal satisfaction, but when one pays Chicago money for innovative-sounding dishes, a certain skill in execution is expected, but not attained by Jim Gould's. In a similar restaurant on the North Side, you could expect your meal to be served by someone who waits tables as a career, not as a way to pay for books and booze.
I give 2 stars because nothing was terrible, but nothing was good. There are probably 10 better restaurants for the same price in CU. If you have been to each and every one of these, then give Jim Gould a try. Hopefully your experience is better than mine.
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