"Really disappointing second visit to this spot. Last year, we had an outstanding meal there. This years, it was as dismal as last year's was fantastic. My mint julep was basically just Buffalo Trace over ice in a metal cup. Hardly any sugar syrup and a single scraggly mint leaf this size of my thumbnail on top of a column of ice. If I wanted bourbon on the rocks, I would have asked for that. The real disaster was the burnt ends. Last year, I got a delectable mound of bite-sized pieces of burnt ends that was utterly delicious. Tender, sweet meat that nearly dissolved in my mouth. This year, six large chunks of detritus. Each piece virtually all fat and gristle, no matter how much I tried to find lean meat. The ballyhooed habanero sauce was devoid of flavor and heath. It was not much different from packaged brown gravy. The slaw and cornbread were fine. My wife said her scallops were fine, and I can attest that her Brussels sprouts were tasty. The change from last year is evidence of lazy, inattentive, and sloppy management, chef, and bartender. Our server was almost incomprehensible behind his mask. And, hilariously, he talked incessantly, even though it was nearly impossible to understand him. This place is a joke, as so much dining around St Louis. The people who start and run restaurants around here wouldn’t last a month in any real city We won't be back."
