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| - I went to 2182 a couple of days ago with my wife, dad, and stepmom for my stepmom's birthday. I'm not sure where they heard of it, as they are from "somewhat" out of town.
2182 is a charming and tiny little restaurant. It seats about 35 people and has a bar for around 10-12, 20 if you include some bar-level tables in the middle of the restaurant.
This is one of those places where, when you are there for the first time, you feel out of place because the bar is populated with regulars. The bartender knew everyone's names but ours. He made us a round of good (not great) cocktails. He was a good bartender, but the ice wasn't cold enough to not dilute my Manhattan or my wife's Martini.
There was only one server, but it was a Monday night and there were only 3-4 tables seated while we were there. Our service was very slow, but not in a relaxing yet attentive kind of way. It was just slow. Our server was very friendly and knowledgeable, and we enjoyed our time with him, but it would have been nice to see him two or three more times throughout the evening.
Our food was good, again not great. I ordered the bibb salad with strawberries and gorgonzola, and the dressing lacked any real depth of flavor. It just kind of made the lettuce wet. The gorgonzola and strawberries were nice, though. I did try my wife's Caesar, and it was good. I make my own, scratch (and the old fashioned way in a big wood bowl), so I am spoiled by that, but this was a good Caesar for a restaurant that doesn't specialize in them.
I ordered the duck two ways, and I enjoyed it. The rice pilaf was (as it usually is) kind of a cop out side dish. Just a loose little pile of rice. A throwaway filler side. There was maybe a tablespoon of the "chutney"...
My wife got the prime rib, and it was decent. Very basic dish with horseradish mashed potatoes and broccolini. Broccolini was on all of our plates.
My dad got the sirloin and was unimpressed, but that is par for the course for him. He is nearly incapable of being impressed at a restaurant - his expectations are just too high for a mediocre cut of beef.
I did not try my stepmom's lamb, but she loved it.
2182's wine list is small but very interesting and I'd say that it is quite good. They have two of my favorites, The Prisoner and Paraduxx. We didn't have either, but our wines were good.
The highlight of the evening other than the company and conversation was the chocolate ice cream. Our server hyped it pretty good... "the best we'll have ever had." He brought out four very small scoops (we ordered one dish - it was the right amount for one dish), and it looked kind of . . . lame. It was slightly melted and not a very dark brown at all. I wondered how it could be the best I'd ever had and dug in for my spoonful.
Best I've ever had? Tough to say. In the conversation? Yep. We were all intrigued, as it was clearly not sweetened with white cane sugar. The cocoa was more of an underlying passenger flavor - this was not an overwhelmingly chocolatey ice cream. This interesting sweetness, though, really got us going. We threw around a few ideas (demerera sugar, molasses, brown sugar...) but had apparently had too much to drink to come up with the obvious answer - honey.
All in all, a very pleasurable experience because it was new to us and we were more into our time together than we were the details of our dining experience. But objectively, my salad dressing lacked flavor, my entree was only modestly composed, and our service was merely decent. If I lived in Brecksville, I could see making this place a regular stop, but I don't see making the 45-minute drive any time soon.
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