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| - This will probably be a lengthy review, but I feel like it's warranted here. I bought a Groupon for a $30 lunch certificate in which I paid $18 for. It was the best $18 I've spent in a long time. The lunch menu looks much like the dinner menu but that's okay; the prices were a little less expensive and that's okay too.
First let me start off by saying any local or people that are semi native to the area would know this place as soon as they drove up. Steak and stone is located in the old Anzio's Landing space. One of my absolute favorite restaurants as a child growing up and the last time I visited anzio's Landing I was going to prom more than 20 years ago. That being said, it was very nostalgic walking into the place. I will say that the restaurant front needs a bit of work. I realize they haven't been open that long but where you park is the front of the restaurant and it looks like it's also the loading dock or restaurant supplies. I do know however, that there is a landing strip on the back side of the restaurant so it's kind of hard to unload anywhere else. The front door wasn't very clearly marked either and hopefully something like that will be in the works soon.
I dined for lunch today with my 18 month old daughter and 7 year old son. We seated ourselves (because that's what the sign said) and of course we chose a window table because it's right on the landing strip of Falcon Field. We watched planes take off and watched an Army helicopter being towed and parked right outside our window. Me being sort of an aviation nerd, it was a great opportunity to share my love of airplanes with my son. Our server who, in her defense, had just gotten seated with a table of about 15 women and us at the very sametime, did take most of the meal to warm up to us. I did realize however, she was VERY busy. We were ready to order right after we got there. I had peeked at the menu before we had even arrived because I knew I was going with 2 kids that would surely die if not fed soon after our arrival. The salad bar was available to us immediately. It was a well stocked salad bar with fruit salad and a few different pasta/potato salads to choose from. I did notice someone had said something in a previous review about the faded labels. They are gone now and while it's not labeled at all, it was easy enough to decipher what was what. Fresh fruit would be a lovely addition to the salad bar.
I ordered a 12 ounce ribeye with garlic mashed potatoes and my kids shared a 6-ounce steak bites meal with steak fries. This was more than enough for lunch. Of course, the meat came out on a hot stone. What a novel idea and wonderful concept. The steak was tender, juicy and totally worth the fact that I had to "make my own meal". My son absolutely enjoyed flipping the steak with his Fork. I will say however, it would have been really nice to have a small set of tongs to flip the steak instead of using a fork and knife. It was a little clumsy. Our waitress did advise me at the beginning of our steak cooking, to cut the ribeye into smaller pieces. She said I would probably be there all day cooking the steak if I left it whole. I'm glad I didn't, I left the steak whole and got a wonderful medium temperature in about 12 minutes. It may have taken me a little bit longer but I don't believe in cutting steak while cooking. I think it's a cardinal sin. The steak was absolutely delicious with the exception of the fact that I think in the spices they use nutmeg. Which I'm not a big fan of, but none the less, the steak was still delicious. I would have been totally fine with just salt and pepper. A nice touch to the stone is that they add flaked salt to it. My son even added that the experience was magical or something to that effect! All in all we had a really good meal the only thing I could say that I was actually missing... like truly missing was a dinner roll or a small warm bread loaf when we sat down. None of these tiny tiny mishaps would lead me to leave anything but 5 stars. On a side-note the general manager is an absolute gem. He will be what keeps this place open for many years to come. We will be going back and will be going back often.
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