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| - Over the last month, HRH provided me a "locals special" - $100 in free food each week to be used at either the steakhouse, Lucky's or FU. For two of those weeks, we ate at Lucky's . Overall we were pleasantly surprised by the quality and creativity of the food, though i have to ding them a star given that if not for the freebie, the prices are a little on the high side ( though the steak special is a great price. )
The highlights:
Chocolate chip pancakes ($11) - chocolate chips and the ganache were high quality. The maple syrup - delicious.
Chicken Tenders ( $11 ) - very crunchy and flavorful
Fire roasted chicken nachos ( $12) - the chicken was so-so but we LOVED the cheese sauce. Suggest you ask for the sauce on the side since for some strange reason most, if not all the sauce is at the bottom of the pan so not easily accessible. Regular cheese is melted throughout the pile.
mini-corn dogs ( $9) - five "mid-size" corn dogs had great crunch, and a decent beef hot dog.
NY half-half ( $18 ) - corn beef/pastrami - i personally did not try but my fried said it had a large portion of meat and tasted great. Slight ding for the bread being a little soggy.
Reuben sliders ( $12) - we ordered without sauerkraut. perfect combo of pastrami, cheese and thousand island and the rolls tasted great.
Bleu Bacon Cheeseburger ($14) - i was surprised how good this burger was. I suspect some might feel it had too much bleu cheese. I personally like more cheese. The bacon and grilled onions and the juicy pink center - Yummy !
Spaghetti and meatballs ( $14) - need more sauce the two times we ordered. Interestingly, they used different spaghetti both times. spaghettoni the first time and standard spaghetti the 2nd time. The meatballs were tender and great meat mix.
Chicken parmesan ($16) - big chunk of chicken, crispy and nicely coated. Side of spaghetti. The garlic bread is below average.
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Average/below-average :
Mac and cheese fried bites ( $7) - more cheese please ( maybe use the queso sauce from the nachos !)
Desserts - not much of a selection. we tried the shots of dessert ( $3 each; 5 for $10) The cherry cheesecake was good. The creme brulee - ok. we actually ordered the heavy metal banana split but later canceled the order - i'm guessing that was the dessert star !
Next time i hit Hard Rock for a concert, definitely going to Mr. Lucky's after.
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