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| - Old Homestead is a place we look forward to eating at every year when we're in town for work, a dining tradition we've had as a large group for over the past 6 years. I have no idea what has happened to their service, but as a restaurant that used to take such care for their customers (especially those with food allergies), the Old Homestead of today is nothing like it once was. I specifically mentioned my allergies to our server upon ordering (soy and nuts). He wrote them down, and I felt safe. After a lengthy dinner and delays in our orders coming out, likely due to the restaurant's busy nature tonight, I started eating my ordered potato gnocchi. About half of the way through, I notice that the bottom of the dish is covered in edamame. I flag our server down to confirm. He had to "check with Chef" and then disappeared. A man I can only assume was the manager appeared a few minutes later to confirm that yes, this was edamame - soy beans for the unfamiliar. Clearly, our serving and the chef of this renown steakhouse do not know what edamame in fact is. It also was no where in the item description on the menu. The manager asked if I wanted to "file a report" or that he could "call security" to escort me somewhere - neither of which help someone in the middle of an allergic reaction. Old Homestead should be ashamed. A chef who hopefully attended culinary school should be ashamed. Allergy and non-allergy customer alike, beware. If I could give zero stars, trust that I would.
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