"I was so excited to return to this restaurant. I left a glowing 5 star review last time. This visit was anything but desirable. Drinks were fabulous as always. The restaurant has a fantastic wine and bourbon menu. Our server was Slade. He was less than friendly. He indicated they had a new chef and boy, I wish the last one would come back. They have changed the menu. They removed the steak tartare, which was my favorite. However, they added some new options. We tried the whipped goat cheese fondue, which I cannot recommend. It had an odd greasy layer that never mixed, and had little flavor. (If you want good goat cheese, go to Porcini's for their app). The wedge salad was pretty good, though it pales in comparison to the ones at Ruth's Chris and Jeff Ruby's. The shrimp cocktail was so so. The shrimp was very large, but the cocktail sauce and horseradish left something to be desired. It's not like St. Elmo's if that's what you're hoping for. Everything went downhill from this point. We ordered a porterhouse and a 10 oz filet, both medium. Both came to us charred and raw in the center. My baked potato was not hot enough to melt the butter. The sweet potato puree (awful by the way), was lukewarm at best. We asked for both to be reheated. By the time our steaks were returned to us, all the other sides were ordered were ice cold. (Carrots, asparagus, and Brussels sprouts). We both ate a few bites of our steaks. They just weren't good. There was a major lapse of time between apps and the 1st steaks, so by the 2nd serving of the same steaks, we were kinda over it. The manager never came by to address the matter. We didn't request one, but it seems to me that when a customer has just paid a six hundred and fifty dollar bill including two hundred dollars worth of inedible steaks, you might stop by to see if you can make things right. Based on this visit, I am cancelling my upcoming reservation for a birthday party. We won't be back."
