"7"^^ . . "My previous visits were colored with lacking luster service. This time, our server, Stephanie was fabulous. She was attentive and treated us like royalty.\n\nWhen we arrived, we were pleased that even though it was a game night, they had plenty of seating to accommodate us on a Saturday night. Even though we could've taken advantage of the Happy Hour deals at the bar, we chose to celebrate our anniversary meal in the comfort and quiet of a booth in the dining section. \n\nTip: On game nights, Gordon Biersch does not take reservations. However, we were seated immediately.\n\nTip: Sign up for Gordon Biersch emails. They have fabulous email coupons and deals. We had a buy one entree get one free that we used that night.\n\nWe wanted a beer. Hubby prefers a Pilsner. We asked for the list of GB craft beers. She brought us samples of the Blitzen, Marzen and the Golden Export. Hubby liked the Golden Export best. It was a light, clean and crisp brew. The Blitzen was pretty good. We both found the Marzen a little too hoppy and bitter. Stephanie heard that I liked darker brews and was deferring to hubby so she brought several darker samples as well: Schwartzbier (dark and robust) and the Hefweizen.\n\nStephanie was kind enough to split our full pour into 2 glasses.\n\nFor dinner, hubby and I enjoyed the ribeye steak. I had mine with the gorgonzola butter, garlic fries and crimini mushroom spatzle. I love the garlic fries. It is really crisp and garlicky. I loved how tender my steak was, but I wasn't a fan of the gorgonzola butter. A great steak should not be overpowered by anything. The crimini mushroom spatzle was yummy at first, but got cold super fast.\n\nHubby had a perfect medium rare steak without any butter. Stephanie was kind enough to fulfill our request for having sauces on the side: au jus, red wine reduction and she even brought out a garlic-gorgonzola sauce. The au jus and reductions were to die for. I enjoyed it so much with each bite of steak. The garlic-gorgonzola wasn't as nice with the steak, but I enjoyed livening up the spatzle. Hubby had garlic mash with the meal and a side salad which he didn't really care for. The salad was unremarkable. We tried the jalapeno ranch which had a little more flavor than the regular ranch. \n\nThe shocker of the evening was the garlic mashed potatoes which came out cold. We told Stephanie, and she remedied it immediately. I told you our server was fabulous!\n\nWe ended the evening taking home a Growler of Golden PIlsner as a gift for our neighbor.\n\nTip: Old Black Friday, GB had an amazing deal of $50 for 1 year's fill for Growlers. That's a refill of a Growler per week. What a deal! Bad for the waistline but great for the soul!"^^ . . . "7"^^ . "2017-12-06T00:00:00"^^ . "4"^^ . "4"^^ .