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(Disclaimer: Originally a four-star, but had to take one down. Details below.)
Checked in for another happy hour (HH)! This time, I thought I'd try the Tuesday daily drink special, a Mango Sling ($5), along w/ a glass of red ($6 and up). For nutritional sustenance, I ordered the Warm Goat Cheese Salad ($3.95 HH); the Stacked Chicken Quesadilla (around $6 HH); and the Warm Rustic Apple Pie (around $7 or $8).
I really liked the Mango Sling! Cool and refreshing, not too sweet and just the right tartness! Don't quote me on the ingredients used, but I seem to recall mango puree and rum were involved. Be careful, as the alcohol content is potent! But then again, I was having wine AND a cocktail! :)
The goat cheese salad was divine! A definite go-to item, but I'm a sucker for goat cheese, and if you aren't, you are SO missing out! Just sayin'. [Before I proceed, I'd like to posit, why is anything deep-fried just so so yummy, yet so so bad for you? Why must the universe/powers-that-be be so perverted like that??] (Ahem...) 6 pcs. of slightly sweet and not too salty, yet crispy goat cheese on a bed of perfectly-dressed greens and a few roasted red pepper slices for garnish made for quite an appetizer! If I ever am at a quandary as to what to have the next time I visit Grand Lux for happy hour, I know I can always order one or three of these starters, along w/ wine or a daily cocktail special, and I'll be happy! (I don't think I can order just one, bec., well, for 1) it's just so delicious not to have more!, and 2) the few sips of wine AND the Mango sling were really powerful!)
I loved the presentation of the initial Stacked chicken quesadilla, but, unfortunately, I had to return the dish; Unbeknownst to me, it contained an allergen that was not included in the veggie description on the menu (why this is so, since everything else was on the description, I'll never know. The manager said there were so many ingredients in that dish, so they can't list everything. I just wonder why list all but ONE veggie, and an ever-increasing in popularity allergen at that??) But no worries, he was glad to re-do the order and bring me a new one. A few minutes later, I was handed a sparse-looking plate, sans the lavishness of the initial dish. Where were the veggies? I only had a complaint w/ the one! And the ooey-gooey cheese? Oh, well. I'll survive :) Especially after what came next... the warm rustic apple pie! I politely asked if I could have the whiskey creme anglaise sauce substituted for the vanilla ice cream since the brand GL uses is made w/ corn syrup. Management obliged, but not too happily. [He gave me the eye-roll. I think I'll take a star down just for that (as well as the allergen not being noted down on the menu). I wasn't born yesterday, and I know that many have cursed me in the past BOH, but why let a paying customer see that unprofessionalism? But overall, management complied, and I'm grateful for the good food had that day.] The apple pie was hot, spiced just right, and not too sweet! The creme anglaise really balanced out the dish. Perfect!
I'd go back, and I hope that management here, as well as in other venues, will consider adding all veggies used in their menu items, especially those known to be allergens, just so that customers may request these be omitted. In the end, it'll save the restaurant money AND will make the staff shine even more brightly in their clientele's minds for such great service, for after all, what is The Cheesecake Factory, and its affiliates, known for but their excellent customer service, right?
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