Was catching Some Like It Hot and decided to have dinner before. The Loop is usually pretty lackluster in terms of good food.
I know u/TriedForMitchcraft shouted these guys out for great fries, and so the stars aligned.
Overall, I was very pleased with dinner. It was just nice, solid bistro fare.
We got a Gibson and a Gimlet to start. Being owned by the same group as Victor Bar / Love Street, I’d expect the cocktails to be on point and they were excellent. The Gibson was clean and stirred perfectly. The Gimlet was refreshing and light.
We started with their Bread and Butter and some Escargot. Baguette was fresh and the housemade butter was excellent.
Escargot with puff pastry was a nice touch. I enjoyed the bit of red pepper thrown in with the escargot butter. The puff pastry was an excellent touch to sop up extra butter. I wanted the escargot to be a touch saltier? Something was a little subdued, and while I enjoy just eating butter, something about it just wasn’t hitting the umami button that I wanted from escargot.
My wife got the gnocchi Parisienne with chestnut mushroom, a sunchoke cream sauce, moroccan olives, marinated tomato, preserved lemon, aleppo pepper. Gnocchi was cooked perfectly, and the mix of mushroom, pepper, and tomato was divine. Totally stole the show.
Steak frite was a classic base hit. As Mitch pointed out before, their fries are money. I had an instant ratatouille moment, taking me back to the first time I had the original McDonald’s fries, fried in beef tallow. Flatiron steak was exceptionally cooked to medium rare, and the char on it was perfectly. I normally am disappointed by restaurant steak, as I can usually make better steak at home, but this was on point.
After dinner, we settled for cocktails, and I had their house made Amer Picon, which was an excellent digestif. Like the essence of a Negroni.
$200 subtotal on the dot. Expensive yes, but, again, a nice addition to the Loop. And, you get to eat in one of the most important architectural buildings in the world!
by jmaca90