I consider myself (probably wrongly) an upscale diner. I love experiencing new restaurants (with the help of Yelp - yeah!). I went to Binks with three other people at their suggestion. To put it simply -- I just don't get it.
We ordered many different small dishes to share -- BBQ ribs, bone marrow, sweetbreads. For a main course, I got the steak but tried the duck and polenta. We also got several different veggies side dishes -- carrots, asparagus.
We also ordered a couple desserts and I had a couple bites of the smores sundae.
Overall I thought the food just wasn't that great. The best thing was the polenta (which unfortunately I didn't order). The steak was okay but I've made better at home. The sides dishes were average to poor. The smores dessert was tasty but was basically an undercooked brownie.
I saw in another review that the water they serve at the table is excellent -- very true but I wouldn't eat somewhere for the water.
Just too hipster and the food just wasn't good enough. Best part of the meal -- it was free for me -- my friend paid. Just not my cup of tea.