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| - After having had a decent experience with a beet salad a few weeks ago, I decided to come back to Steenbock's for lunch and bring friends. Sadly I stumbled upon restaurant week, and the opportunity to choose something other than the three-item (per course) menu was not an option--even though I offered to pay full price for it. The first course I selected was goat cheese croquettes; tasty, but served at room temperature. The second course was called a barley risotto (with fried onions and boiled pieces of green beans); it was the kind of thing that, if served to animals, the "chef" should be charged with animal abuse. I had two bites, which were two bites too many. The third course was a sliver of chocolate cake; a sliver thinner than most magazines, which is a good thing because supermarket-bought sheet cake is better than that. Clearly the go-to place for lunch on campus, unless you want to apologize to your friends, is the University Club. Still, even Wendy's on State Street would be a better option than Steenbock's. I hope someone in that kitchen is reading a cookbook instead of playing Pokemon Go. "See you next time," said the server with a smirk after two managers in a row asked me about my experience. The sarcasm was confirmation that the service fits the food, and that my 20% tip was probably 18% too high. Keep it up.
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