Prohibition Room (closed)
Well, my wife and I finally got to eat there last Thursday night. Keep in mind this was the day the wind was ridiculous. The ambiance/interior was fairly nice but not too stuffy. The bar had a few patrons, and there was some sort of corporate private party (7-8 people) eating in the lobby of the gold dome. The restaurant itself was fairly empty, I think ourselves and one other couple.
I thought pretty much everything on the menu sounded good, although it didn't seem to take on a theme really, it was rather random. Salads, sandwiches, hot dog, grilled cheese? Menu and drinks seemed a little high for the fare, but not too far off.
I ordered the Italian Beef Sandwich which is slow roaster roast beef, sport peppers and melted provolone on a baguette. It was pretty tasty, the bread was excellent. Portion size was fair to average. It came with one side which I choose the shoestring fries. They were excellent although portion was very small. My wife had the half roasted chicken which is a free range bird with sauteed wild mushrooms in a pan sauce. She enjoyed it pretty well, although it was a little overcooked and dry. The mushrooms had a little different flavor. Overall, our main course was good. Dessert: We ordered and split the bread pudding which is served with a whiskey carmel sauce. I was really looking forward to it and like me some bread pudding. Unfortunately I must say it was the worst bread pudding I've ever had in my life. It shouldn't be on the menu. The bread was wayyyy too dry and overcooked, the sauce was very sugar granular, and had a burnt flavor to it. I do not recommend it at all.
Location: 5 out of 5. You can't beat restoring an architectural landmark filled with multicultural history that was slated for demo to be a cookie cutter bank that'd be tore down in 20 years again otherwise.
Food/Taste: 4.5 out of 5 stars. Not much room for improvement on the food, both of our entrees were pretty good, although the wife's half chicken was pretty dry. My sandwich was great. Dessert,well the dessert needs to be left off the menu, it was that bad. I'd definitely recommend the sandwich and the chicken was pretty good as well. On the menu almost everything sounds tasty but lacks cohesion.
Quickness: 2.5 It was quite awhile before our food and dessert came out, in fact much longer than most places.
Service: Staff was very friendly, our waitress was Kelly. She and the bus staff were very attentive in giving refills, etc without being pushy. Only downside is I informed her (waitress), that our bread pudding was way overcooked and very dry. She didn't seem to offer condolences or anything. Other than that, she was great as was the bus boy. I'd give them 4 out of 5 stars because of the dessert incident.
Price: 3.5 out of 5 stars. Price/portion size or relevancy was a little high I thought. $15 bucks for a Muffaleta sandwich? $ almost 10 bucks for a hotdog? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the atmosphere and location, but it's not that swanky nothing fancy about a chicago dog or sandwich.
Ambiance: 4 out of 5. It was too bright for me, even with it cloudy/rainy outside. With the name "Prohibition Room" and given the theme, I'd like it to be darker and more mood lit. More underground feeling. Some nice velvet curtains on the windows would be nice.
I'll definitely go back, especially to try the $14+tax muffaleta. I'd like to see how authentic it is. I'd really like to see this place succeed and will try again after they hopefully get the kinks out. They are charging a $5 cover for their grand opening, which I thought was kind of weird. Other than that, I'd say the place is a good addition to the local restaurant scene.
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