"First let me say that I don’t wish anyone to be harmed by my review. I understand the large investment necessary to open and run a restaurant. We walked in 6:00 to an empty dining room and had the feeling that we should leave. I believe in instinct but there were 6 of us and we stayed. The server was inept, asking for drink orders without giving us menus or a wine list. An old fashioned was ordered as well as an overpriced bottle of William Hill Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine was poured but the old fashioned was nowhere to be found until we reminded our server. We had to request bread and butter. The small amount of bread was sliced and toasted (close to burnt) Italian bread and the butter tasted of the refrigerator. To start, we ordered fried calamari, a small passable serving, Caesar salad, another small portion and not good and a slice of fatty and not sizzling bacon. We ordered porterhouse for 3 and asked if it would be 1 large steak, the response was yes but 2 steaks were served. The steaks were incinerated on one side and pale on the other. They had the requisite funk but the platter did not sizzle as promised but rather it sat on a bar near our table for several minutes until the server was available. Please note that at this time there were a total of 3 occupied tables. Table #3 was served a sizzling steak. There was a lackluster hostess in view who did nothing to help our server except pour water at our request and look at her phone. When I mentioned to the server that he needed help, trying to be understanding but really getting annoyed, he said that the busboy called out. This restaurant was chosen because the menu has more options than Peter Luger ie chicken paillard and pasta, both good. Publicity states that there is a previous association between the owner and PL, but unfortunately many lessons have not been learned."
