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| - My niece had made reservations for 20 or so for her sister's birthday for an early Sunday afternoon which is still considered the lunch menu.
I've been to Chop before but in Richmond, BC which was attached to the really large Sandman Hotel not far from Vancouver airport. Funny thing I noticed is that the Sandman in Burlington also has a Chop AND a Denny's attached. It's like a thing I guess... where there's a Sandman there's this Chop and Denny's combo going on as well.
Well this Chop in Vaughan is not attached to a hotel sistered with a Denny's but rather a stand alone structure at the south west corner of Famous and Colossus in the entire "Weston and 7" Cineplex Colossus theater super center complex. This was on one of the first big box entertainment type areas in Woodbridge, before the whole Vaughan Mills thing happened at 400 and Rutherford. Still, this area is still quite busy and with the theaters, hotels, Dave and Busters and other restaurants in the area, this older part of the Bridge is well alive and kicking.
This Chop is newly opened it seems, having signs as if it was new. I don't know exactly how new but parking here is not a problem it seems. As busy as this place is there's ample parking nearby.
Upon entering you can't help but notice that there's a bull made of steel constructed from a variety of automobile and other mechanical parts such as gears and bike chains by the main entrance. It's rather cool to see such a "mechanical bull" sculpture as your first impression. The restaurant itself has very modern and sleek looking decor. Some of the booth lighting are made of glass decanters or even top hats. Some of the dividing walls are translucent walls of wine bottles which adds to the contemporary look while the seating is firm and high back chairs or high back bench and booth seating. The ambiance is pleasant if not a newer look for a steak house sort of how some of the newer Kegs are looking less old school with wood and dim lighting.
The dining area we had consisted of two long 10 seat tables one very long horizontal bench with chairs opposing on thick, heavy wood tables. There was a rather helpful coat stand with as many as 12 hooks near by so we weren't all forced to use the back of our chairs. The drink menus were on the table standing in hard cover version while the lunch menus were already at each place setting. For a lunch menu it basically had most of the meat dinner options such as steaks and prime rib with the expected fish, chicken and other mean and veggie alternatives along with starters, small plates and lighter fare.
To start off it was mid afternoon so I did feel like having a beer. They had a Collective Arts State of Mind Session IPA which was local and marked down as 38 IBU. For a pale ale that's a decent hop number although I am more used to higher IBUs it's a perfect type to stock for those that like IPAs like me. Out of the draft selections it was the only one that they bothered to list the IBU because the rest were of the ale, lager, stout tamer variety. It was only really worth listing the IBU of the IPA. It was clear and had a good hop taste and wasn't overly bitter.
For a starter we decided to go with the beef carpaccio. I've had the tuna tataki before and while it was good for a single person app the beef carpaccio worked out better because of the bread sticks that came with it, it was like having two apps. The beef was thinly sliced, and had a few capers to add a bit of zing along with grana padano on top. It was OK but wasn't overwhelming.
I was saving my appetite for the prime rib. It was a toss between getting the smoked ribeye or the prime rib. In my last few trips to either the Keg or Canyon Creek I was typically getting prime rib most of the time. For some reason I had felt like having it at Chop.
The servings came in small, medium and large mind you each of the cuts had no explanation of portion size in ounces much like the steaks did. I had asked our server and he had replied that the large was a 14 oz serving and that was a good size for me. At about 36 bucks it was relatively reasonable considering what this dish costs at one of the other two establishments I had mentioned. For a size I had ordered mashed potatoes.
The plate came and it was a very generous looking serving. I had asked for medium rare and it seemed they had it perhaps just a wee more cooked than I expected. No blood like rare but less pink and cool but still a nice cut of meat which was also juicy and marbled. There was a big scoop of horseradish to the side on the plate which was a good amount but I had wished it was sharper and more "sinus burning" that what they had. I hadn't asked if they had a hotter one but in hindsight I should have.
The service here as far as keeping drinks filled and asking if everything was ok was good and was more than attentive however it did take a while to get the bills. Overall I liked the Chop in Vaughan.
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