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| - Hubby and I had dinner here recently before the Symphony. Although the restaurant was not very busy, it took a while for us even to get drinks. The waitress was nice when she finally showed up, answered questions about the menu, but then never bothered to refill our drinks for the rest of our time there. Hubby got the French Onion soup, which seems to be one of their most popular items given the number of times I saw it go by on trays. It was indeed tasty, topped with a smooth and mild Swiss cheese. He got the Prime-Rib French Dip sandwich, which was way over-done in comparison to our favorite at Houston's, but still tender. We wondered if it is prepared in the same way as their signature rock-salt prime-rib. It came with a large side of white cheddar mac and cheese which was kind of bland. I had a skewer of seafood- 2 shrimp (yummy), 2 scallops (1 was really gritty and both were slightly underdone), and two 2" square pieces of well-cooked salmon on a bed of orzo and some veggies.
The atmosphere was pretty stuffy and the median age of the other patrons was probably early 60's. Overall, we had average to mediocre food, mediocre service, and paid too much- $75 with 2 glasses of beer. Meh. No reason for us to return.
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