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| - My mom was raving about the grilled artichoke app she had here & said my hubby & I had to join her & my dad for dinner sometime. We went on Friday night at 7:30. The place wasn't busy but it wasn't dead either. The decor is pretty dated & not really my style, but I did like the taller booths for added privacy.
My dad started off with a martini (which is so unlike him), my hubby opted for an appletini, I decided to try the cowboy sangria & my mom got a virgin pina colada. The boys enjoyed their martinis (hard to mess those up), mom also enjoyed her pina colada & my sangria was pretty good (too many seeds from the blackberries though). My hubby & I also tried their cranberry iced tea, he didn't like it but I did & drank both of ours. The bread & butter they bring out is yummy, I believe it was a pumpernickel. For an app we tried the grilled artichokes my mom kept talking up (she even ordered 1 to have with her entree, so that's 3 total!). 3 halves came on 1 order with a couple mayo-based dipping sauces, all I tasted was the mayo so I didn't care for them. The artichokes were pretty good but the server who brought them out told us that they grill them ahead of time & then microwave them before they bring them out, ew. My parents shared the steak & lobster special, dad chose the 8oz top sirloin (med-rare) & upgraded to the 9-10oz lobster tail for $3 more. For sides they chose the wedge salad & baked potato. Hubby went with the steak & seafood & had the filet mignon (med) with fried shrimp, for sides he chose the wild rice & broccoli. I decided on the 6oz bacon wrapped filet mignon (med-rare), with the garlic mashed potatoes & broccoli. The lobster was bland & needed seasoning, the sides were all generic tasting & my steak was very rare (dad's was also but he enjoys bloody red, I prefer more of a pink). For dessert we all split the chocolate fudge cake. It was seriously enough for 6 people it was huge, but pretty good.
Total (not including tip) was about $160, which isn't bad considering all the food & drinks we ordered, but the food was boring & tasteless. Service was great though, which is why I gave 2 stars, the food deserved only 1!
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