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| - Came here for my dad's birthday dinner and enjoyed the old-school classy vibe.
Joe Mimran (of Joe Fresh) sat a couple tables over.
Don't know which steak to order? I strongly recommend the Chicago-style bone-in rib eye. It's the most marbled cut, thus the most flavourful, cooked Chicago style--i.e. black on the outside, pink on the inside ("that's how I like my women" commented my husband....uggh.. ;) ) Seriously, that is one CHOICE steak, cooked to perfection. (PS I like it medium-rare "plus"....that is, just a smidge more than medium rare.)
Also done to perfection was the macaroni and cheese. It's a MUST if you're looking for a rich side dish. The matchstick fries were far less impressive.
Chopped salad, lobster cocktail, oysters, shrimp alexander.....all were delicious.
The bill for 6 people was about $550 (although we didn't purchase alcohol; instead we brought 3 bottles of wine for corkage).......still, that's really not that bad, considering my husband recently went to Jacob's with a buddy and they spent about as much money, just for TWO people. Although: me/hubby shared a steak at Morton's and so did my mom/brother. So....it depends!
Service was mixed; at one point the waitress disappeared for awhile which kind of annoyed us. Also, check out this transparent money grab...they ask for your dessert order BEFORE dinner because "they take awhile to cook'. Okay, that makes sense when you're talking about souffle (which Mortons offers in multiple flavours) but a chocolate cake or fudge sundae?? Are you really cooking those from scratch every time? So basically they wanna lock you into dessert while you're still hungry. Clever ploy. And it worked :)
Classic joint. Recommended.
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