Last Thursday night I went to what I believe to be the ultimate beer bar. They offer a wide range of premium beer both on draft and in a bottle. They have no Bud Weiser and they have absolutely no mixed drinks. They do however have a small selection of wines. I wasn’t able to sample the food as I was too busy marveling over the selection of malt and barley goodness. The only negative so far was trying to close my bill once it was time to go. I could have easily left without paying the bill, but I do want to go back for a future visit. Yes, the place was that good. When my brother comes into town, he is in for a treat.
It is now time for a negative review. It is Restaurant Week here in NYC and so we decided to check out one of the featured restaurants. We were in the mood for steak so a little muse (me!) suggested a different place: BAD MUSE!
We arrived early to Angelo and Maxie’s and were seated promptly. It was about 5-minutes before anyone even came around to give us water, which we had to ask for. It was much too long of a wait in my mind as there was something like 20 waiters and waitresses all in little groups having their own little conversations. They were probably talking about how slow it was in there! The waiter got us our ice water and then he came back about 20 minutes later to get our order. This too was way too long as it was a prefix menu!
The prefix was $35 per person and we thought that it was cheap until we found out that we had to order the vegetables ala cart. This greatly increased the cost of the meal. Amber ordered the filet minion and I went with the New York Strip. When they brought out our food the first time they got my order wrong. They took it away to keep it warm until they corrected the. The food correction was done pretty quickly but when they brought it back, Amber’s food was cold! Needless to say they corrected that little mess-up by bringing out a totally new filet for her. Summed up, the food wasn’t that great. The bread had onions and garlic in it (dragon breath!) our spinach was bitter with way too much garlic (more dragon breath!) and our mushrooms were dry and over cooked. My steak was burned and amber’s filet, even after sending it back and getting a new one, was not at all up to par -that’s a nice way of saying really bad. Basically the restaurant is a tourist trap and not fit for consumption by New Yorkers.
More on the dragon breath: did you know that you cannot brush your stomach? It is now almost 24-hours later and the little lady wants to be nowhere near me. I’m breathing and sweating garlic and onions. Jerk anyone?
After completing our little restaurant we went to see the epic sequel ‘the Dark Knight Returns’. No spoilers follow! The script writing, though it had it’s moments, wasn’t as good as in the first one. The story didn’t have too many holes in it and then special effects were awesome! I think my favorite line in the movie was, “I’m going to make this pencil disappear!” The movie was really -go see it!
On Heath Ledger: Yes, it was very tragic that he died. It might have even been senseless. However, before he died nobody could have given two poops about when his next movie was coming out. Does anyone remember any of his movies after Brokeback Mountain? I thought so.
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