Food and Dining Thread

[Cincydawg]

 Dear Sir:
My wife and I live in midtown and dine out often.  I am rarely, as in never, prone to writing a letter about my dining experience, this is the exception.
We arrived to learn our reservation had been botched.  I called on Monday to make a reservation on Wednesday.  The hostess discovered it was made for Wednesday of NEXT week.  I would have reserved on line, but you appear not to offer that as an option, so I called, left a credit card number to secure it, etc.
She then said she’d see if a table was available and disappeared for several minutes and said she could seat us.  There were many tables open, and several remained open through the night.  She did me no favor, I should have left then.
Our waiter appeared, I could not read the menu on line because of poor wifi so I asked for the wifi password, which didn’t work, if I heard it correctly.  The waiter was extremely difficult to understand through his mask and with the noise of the place, which was in my view excessive.  The wifi password COULD be printed on the menu with the QRF code.  My wife got up to request paper menus, our waiter had disappeared.  We finally ordered, again, that was difficult because of the music and the crowd noise.  I also was seated on a banquet which was extremely uncomfortable for me, the table legs intruded and there was little room.  I could not ask about menu items or sake because of the noise, and the mask.
The wife liked the sushi, she ordered maki, I tasted it and it was “OK”.  But by then I had such a dim view of the place, I suppose my negative attitude was a factor.  Needless to say, the place is not for me.  I’m not looking for any compensation, just passing on my observations.

[FearlessF]

google review?

[Cincydawg]

Letter to the owner.  

Several places here apparently cater to a younger crowd that likes boompah boompah music, which I just don't expect in an expensive place.  Well, STK does it and they are very expensive.

[betarhoalphadelta]

When did brisket get so expensive? $4.49/lb today for a full packer. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Finally tried the Chicago dog in my neck of the woods last week, and it was slamming. Exactly as I remembered it from my Northwestern trips in college.

On the menu they also had a "Detroit dog" topped with chili, chopped onions and cheddar cheese. That sounds suspiciously like a Cincydawg, so I had to try one of those today. It wasn't.

In some ways it was a tremendous upgrade, since the used the same dog and bun from the Chicago dog. But then the Coney sauce was pretty disappointing, and there was only a fraction of the cheese. Maybe that's how they do it in Detroit, I don't know.

Anyway, these folks are obviously from Chicago, and specialize in Midwestern delicacies. So I need to devise a plan where I can get them to whip up a more authentic Cincy dog, only while still using the vastly superior Chicago bun and dog as the base. But how?

[betarhoalphadelta]

@Brutus Buckeye Is it "One Hot Grill"? Have you tried the Italian Beef? That's also a Chicago specialty. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

@Brutus Buckeye Is it "One Hot Grill"? Have you tried the Italian Beef? That's also a Chicago specialty.

Yes I have, and they nailed that too. Everything they have is a pretty solid. The first thing I tried was the pastrami burger, which is a local delicacy around here. But man, it is all pretty good.

[Cincydawg]

I buy hot dogs occasionally, Nathan's or somesuch, and make a version of a Cheese Coney, but it's a lot better of course.

[847badgerfan]

I will be getting my share of Italian Beef soon.

[FearlessF]

not much Italian beef in this part of the world

unfortunately

I did enjoy a dern tasty Reuben sammich in Columbus NE a couple daze ago

[Brutus Buckeye]

I will be getting my share of Italian Beef soon.

[utee94]

When did brisket get so expensive? $4.49/lb today for a full packer.

Beef prices are sky high right now.  Best I saw this week was $3.69 for a choice packer.

[MaximumSam]

I will be getting my share of Italian Beef soon.

[847badgerfan]