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| - After some careful Yelping, I decided to bring my lady here for her birthday this Sat past. It was a tough call to choose between Jacobs and Barbarians for must-try downtown steakhouse, and we settled on Jacobs simply for it's location.
We got there for an early-ish dinner, and were given a tip by the $20-dollar valet fella that let us park for free until 9. That was mighty descent of him.
When we arrived we were greeted by distinguished old English gent, who informed us that he was the MaƮtre d', to our delight, he was efficient, good-humored, and flattering all the way to our table, like I imagine most stereotypical old English gents are...
For dinner, I ordered the prime rib, and my lady had the strip loin. They were each aged 42 days (which i've learned means that they become more flavourful) They were both flawlessly cooked to our specifications. 3 different kinds of salts (regular, hickory and charcoal) were available at the table as well as blue cheese, some sort of spicy sauce, and a tangy sauce. The spicy one and the blue-cheese were delicious additions to my med cooked steak.
Ordered the duck fat fries too, as per all the recommendations. I gotta be honest, they were good, but that's about it. Maybe it's my horribly uncultured palate that can't detect the duck-fatty-ness on deep fried potatoes, maybe it's all hype. Anyways the fries were fine. Also got the spinach which was delicious and simple with olive oil, garlic and lemon.
We were very pleased with the meal, and had a modestly priced bottle of wine with it which brought the entire tab to close to $300 with tip. You might be able to eat for a bit less than than that if you scale back on the after-meal coffee, and the sides, but that's about as low as you could go. On the splurge side of things, the 20 page wine list was filled mostly with bottles $200 and up, so you wouldn't have any difficulty spending $2000 on a dinner for 2 if that's your thing.
Next birthday dinner, it's Barbarians, then I'll be able to compare. Till then, Jacobs' was a terrific experience all around.
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