rev:text
| - I went in for dinner at 5pm on a Thursday night. The restaurant was empty except for one table of 5. The restaurant was a bit on the cold side so I sat near the fire place. The waitresses were friendly. The menu consisted of your typical "upscale pub fare", such as burgers, appetizers, salads, pastas, entrees, and a daily special. I didn't want to venture too far off into the entree land, so with it being central IL and a "pub", I got the black jack burger. It had pepper jack, a spicy aioli, fried jalapenos, and the usual lettuce, tomato, onion and pickle. It came with fries, but I opted to get the fruit cup. The burger was supposed to come med-well, but it was more like well done when I got it.... so maybe ask for medium if you like your burger a bit more juicy. I liked the bun -- it was toasted just the right amount. The pickle was limp but it still had crunch.... they were very generous with the red onions, so I suffered with severe onion breath for quite a few hours. But all in all the burger was pretty good. My only complaint was that the waitresses never told me what the specials were -- even though I heard them mention it to other tables as more customers were seated.... they didn't fill my water glass at all, and they failed to ask if I wanted dessert (which I did because of my new found onion breath)...they just brought me the check and said that they'd take it when I was ready. Yes, I could've spoken up, but since it was my first time here, I wanted to see what the service was really like. By the time I left, the restaurant was 1/2 full.... and several patrons headed upstairs to the sports bar.
Anyway, I guess this is the best restaurant in Mahomet..... but that's only because of the other restaurants are McDonalds, Subway, and Arbys....... so I guess it's like bragging that you're the world's tallest "little person". So take it for what it is.... not great, but it's a pretty good restaurant if you don't feel like cooking....
|