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| - Nice quiet Wednesday evening to visit Macaroni Grill. Was the first time I had been there in probably a decade, so my expectations were all over the place.
They still have the white paper table-tops and crayons, which is great, gotta love that. No longer do they have the giant jugs of house wine and the "honor system" for self-service. So while that's a bit of a change, they did try to upgrade their house wine to a Sangiovese-Chianti blend which is a bit more in line with what they're trying to accomplish here.
The stuffed mushrooms were pretty typical as was the calimari for appetizers. The bibb and blue salad was solid and included some pancetta and crispy onions on top making the salad exceed the expectation of a bag of lettuce and some carrots.
My salmon was overcooked, but seasoned nicely. Honestly, I don't expect them to have mind-blowing salmon, and this was amicable. I swapped the standard sun-dried tomato orzo for a mushroom risotto which was actually a little undercooked, but still tasty.
The other folks at the table enjoyed their meals, and their experience, so overall was a good experience and actually exceeded the expectations.
Waiter, Clay did a good job, and was quite accommodating to even my 2-year old, kudos to him and the rest of the waitstaff which did a nice job.
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