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| - Oh, Music Box, you continue to confound me overall, but as a concert venue, you're beginning to beguile me. This might be my favorite place in town to catch a show. It's intimate, the setting is wonderful, they keep bringing in great acts, the audio is brilliant, and somehow the acoustics are really good despite a lot of hard surfaces and odd angles. Drink service during this last show was absolutely perfect. A heavy five stars for the Music Box...
It's the Supper Club part that still has some work to do. On the plus side, the service is improving, particularly upstairs (where it could hardly get worse from last time I was there). Downstairs, they're really trying, but still making some missteps. I noticed three tables having to ask servers about specials and someone tried to give us the wrong food, but there was real progress over my opening week visit, and service issues in the dining room were minor and corrected quickly.
The food itself is still uneven, punctuated by some real bright spots and some mystifying misses. We started with a really nuanced chilled soup special and their curried skewered shrimp. The soup was great, with crème fraiche and delicate jalapenos working in concert (see what I did there!?), but the shrimp had some issues. They were perfectly cooked inside, but they went downhill from there. For starters, they weren't deveined, and despite being completely battered, they still had on their tails (far less of an issue than the veins). Most disappointingly, they were in dire need of salt. This was unfortunately a recurring issue.
Having enjoyed the perch on my prior visit, I gave the walleye entree a shot. Once again, the fish was cooked exactly right - flaky, sweet and moist. Once again, it needed salt to be fully enjoyed. My husband's shortrib was tender and flavorful, and on a nice bed of creamy mashed potatoes. While not as underseasoned as my fish, it too needed a pop of salt. Our veggies - beautiful asparagus spears for both - were woefully overcooked and also crying out for sodium. The food isn't BAD, and the kitchen has a really deft touch with seafood so there is clearly talent back there, but it's vexing that they make so many simple mistakes.
Honestly, I wouldn't nitpick if so many dishes were not well north of $20 or even $30 apiece. If you're going to charge that, it'd better be perfect, and the supper club side is still far from perfect. All that said, they deserve a boost because it's a music club, and a really good one.
A strong five stars for the music, and a tepid two stars for the food. I hope the food keeps improving and I hope the club keeps bringing in top talent and putting on great shows.
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