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| - It's been about a decade since I've last visited Johny's on Fulton, no particular reason, just haven't gone near Downtown as often these days. Everyone from the Maitre de to the waiter, bartender were professional and friendly. Complimentary valet service makes it easy to enter and leave the restaurant .
The bartender was more than willing to take a stab at a unique cocktail he wasn't familiar with and did a nice job at replicating it, the wine list was well thought out with a fair amount of choices in both whites and reds, pricing was average on these choices
There were about 3 specials that night which the waiter provided excellent answers to our questions. We went with what I suspect are two of their most popular choices on the menu, both our entree's came with a salad and my fiancé's came with a side as well. Her choice, the potato crusted grouper was excellent, while the pricing seemed a bit on the high side for this dish, the portion was LARGE, and it was prepared perfectly, tasting fresh and the crusting was moderate not overtaking the mild fresh flavor of the grouper. Considering the portion size and the salad and side which were included the pricing was very fair at about $35.00.
On to my entrée, I chose the Italian feast which was a variety of seafood in a red sauce with linguini, one of their most popular dishes I was told. There were scampi, scallops, mussels and shrimp included in the menu description, all were present including surprisingly a nice chunk of the grouper! Two nice size scampi...plenty of medium size scallops ... about a 4oz piece of grouper( which was NOT in the menu description, so perhaps depends on what is fresh in the kitchen that night), some mussels and shrimp in a very NICE marinara style sauce with good flavor and consistency, the linguini was cooked nicely also ...A VERY GENEROUS portion and at $29.00 including a salad was extremely FAIRLY priced.
We decided on splitting a dessert and went with bananas foster....again the portion was HUGE, the caramel sauce was good, the bananas could have used a bit more time being heated, but it was good enough I would order it again after trying a few other choices.
Since I've forgotten the choice which kept me from giving this visit 5 stars, let me reverse to the appetizer we ordered, stuffed peppers with ground veal, they were average based on others I've had, they weren't cooked quite enough for my palate, could have used more sauce and the veal was stingy, which considering the other portions were extremely generous is surprising, perhaps an oversight of the kitchen that evening.
We will definitely be making a return visit before another decade, the food overall was excellent, our bill came to about $125.00, including we each had a nice glass of red wine, which was fair considering the portions and overall quality. Throw in their complimentary valet, a salad included with both entree's and pricing is not an issue by most standards. Enjoy!
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