Kind of a gong show tonight...
My food was fine... rare NY strip was actually rare... not best overall, but maybe I should have ordered another cut... The wait staff somehow managed to frustrate my dinner companions (who are in the industry themselves and typically pretty forgiving) by adding meat to the vegetarian's salad. I suspect the situation wasn't made better by picking the pieces out back in the kitchen... (sort of logical ...sort of not really?)... Anyways, I was just a slightly bemused observer as everything got kinda tense... and quiet... no one talking... mad about the food. Something about the wine got everyone upset too. All very dramatic.
No worries for me...I was fine... but maybe because all I ordered wad a rare steak alone (with nothing else on the plate and a glass of water). Steak and drama on a Wednesday night. Maybe stay away if it's Stampede and you're in a complicated mood.
When you're in the mood for chain Quinoa salad... Beef carpacio and maybe... say... edemame... it's a pretty good time. Not a superfan of the faux-ambiance for the after-work crowd... but hey, when in Rome...