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| - OK, this is going to sound silly, but: if you don't eat meat or shellfish, don't go to the Keg.
Yeah, yeah, it's a *steak* house, Jess. That said, welcome to the 21st century where there are lots of vegetarians, and if you have some options on your menu for people who don't eat meat or shellfish, steak-lovers with vegetarian/kosher friends may be more inclined to visit. I was meeting a friend I hadn't seen in 20 years; had he recalled that I keep Kosher, we wouldn't have gone there.
In this case, I was the only one who doesn't eat meat or shellfish. While my entire party had lobster & steak (well, the kids had chicken strips and sliders), I scoured the menu for something I could eat. I finally ended up with tempura asparagus & snowpeas (an appetizer) and a Caesar Salad. The only other non-meat or shellfish options in the entire menu were two unappetizing salmon dishes. And wouldn't have done a true vegetarian any good. Would it hurt terrible for them to keep *a* pasta dish or a substantial vegetable entree on the menu?
The salad and tempura veggies were OK. Nothing spectacular. Everyone else enjoyed their meals, though no one raved about how amazing they were. A few things struck me:
- I didn't finish the vegetables and asked for them to go. They neglected to put a to-go container of the dipping sauce.
- The Caesar Salad was missing croutons.
- The kids at the table ordered a milkshake. 40 minutes later we reminded the waitress it still hadn't arrived.
- We had to ask for the bill three times. I understand that when we started at 6:30, they were busy, but by 8:00pm the place was 3/4 empty, and service was even slower than at the beginning.
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