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Saturday night at 9 pm, STEAK's bar was filling up as the Floyd Mayweather v. Ricky Hatton fight was being shown on their TVs. I guess this may also explain our initial service when we arrived.
We chose a table close to the bar so we can still see the screens while enjoying our dinner. (There weren't any seats available at the bar.) We actually had to ask for our menus since we were forgotten so quickly.
Water and bread were soon to arrive and I was pleasantly surprised with the two hummuses offered alongside the olive oil and balsamic vinegar concoction. We had to wave someone down so we could get our orders in and I guess everyone was too busy watching the fight.
We decided to go straight for the beef since a place like STEAK should offer some really good stuff, right? I went for the Petite Filet Mignon (8 oz.) with Provencal sauce ($27). It comes with two sides - I chose the scalloped potatoes and saute mushrooms. When my meat arrived, I can definitely say it was very rare, just like I requested. The meat lacked flavor and the sauce was just okay. The saute mushrooms were REALLY good though and thank goodness I got that to add to my beef. The scalloped potatoes were quite impressive - about six layers of potato slices and six layers of cheese came out in a hearty serving. I found this to be quite generous. The potatoes were just okay in my opinion, but the BF ate it all up!
The BF went straight for the Boneless Rib Eye with Bearnaise sauce and Cabernet Reduction sauce ($27). (The waiter was nice enough to give him two sauces.) He chose the mac & cheese and STEAK fries for his two sides. The meat was more medium than medium rare unfortunately, so it was too much for me to chew. He did find his steak to be medium rare in a different part of the beef though. The mac and cheese was rather grainy, not how I particularly like it. (I like mine smooth and creamy.) We both liked the STEAK fries though - they reminded me of when my dad would have potato slices and pan fry them instead of deep frying them. (It made us want to go home and make them ourselves!) The cabernet reduction was okay, but it was the bearnaise sauce that had me going. It was so buttery and fatty, and oh so good! Dipping the STEAK fries into that sauce was oh so good!
We were both very full after our dinner and the additional serving of bread I had requested. I did peruse the dessert menu and saw things like Cotton Candy, Marinated Berries, and Basque Cake that struck my fancy. (All desserts were $10, except for the cotton candy which was $8).
Overall, the food was just okay. They had some really good sides, but their meat entrees were just average.
Service was much better once we got a designated waiter. The staff were moving furniture around and left the doors open behind us causing a draft. Our waiter made a point of closing the doors as other employees would continuously leave it open. Thank goodness for him!
They are definitely trying to make this a neighborhood place to hang out with weekly events like:
Open Bar on Mondays and Thursdays from 5 pm to 7 pm.
Live Music on Saturdays at 10 pm. (We left before this started.)
Wine Tasting on Saturdays from 3 pm to 5 pm.
We would consider going back and checking out their wine menu more or even grabbing dessert and hanging out by the bar. I don't think we would return back for the steak though.
(I posted pics of our meal in the business profile.)
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