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| - (Update 2/8/2014) OUT OF BUSINESS - new restaurant now open in its place: Moxie Modern Fare. Looking forward to trying it.
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(original Kimmies review 7/11/2013) We always look forward to new establishments in Fountain Hills, as it's a very difficult area to start a business - largely a retirement community with 30% of the residents part-timers.
So... we were happy to see a new restaurant opening in the location of the old Italian place that closed, in one of the most desirable locations in Fountain Hills.
Friendly greeting, and prompt friendly service. We were a bit surprised at a couple things right off the bat - first, a "sports bar" with no IPA's?? (The owner described it as a sports bar in an interview.) Second, the menu was just too extensive. Don't get me wrong, variety is great, but when you see a restaurant that you know has very low patronage but has a very extensive menu (prime rib? Really?) you know it's overreaching with much of it made ahead and or processed/purchased. So I had an amber tap beer, flat as a pancake. On to the menu.
My girl friend had the half rack of ribs, I had the beef stroganoff. The ribs weren't awful but very poor, guessing boiled then covered with sauce. (Meat had that gray boiled look.) Did come with fresh sauteed vegetables which were fairly crisp. When I ordered the stroganoff, I was told it was "a little bit different" with the addition of onions and peppers. I'm fine with that, hoped it meant the dish would be interesting (was advertised as using rib-eye meat.) Edible, but not stroganoff - not even close, no resemblance whatsoever. Basically a processed tasting darkish brown gravy with peppers and onions, and a little beef, much of which had enough gristle that I could hear the crunching as I chewed. Come'on!
Paid the bill (I will say at least the prices were good), everyone pleasant on the way out, including the chef who asked if everything was OK. (While normally I appreciate that, seemed more like he was worried, which he should be.)
Wow, what a disappointment, to say the least. And what a waste of a great setting. Just a couple months after opening, can't imagine how they'll make it. We certainly won't be back and we'll be warning out friends. Sorry, I rarely give one star, just telling it like it is. And I'm not alone: in addition to the reviews posted here scroll to the bottom, click on the hard to see, light gray "7 filtered" or "not recommended" link (might be a different number when you read this and I don't think they're visible using the mobile or app version) and read the filtered reviews - several additional poor reviews all of which have been removed and which would have further depressed the rating. Really a shame, maybe these reviews will give Kimmie's incentive to overhaul the operation.
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