If you time it right, you can actually get in without having to wait forever. But you do run the risk, by coming early, of having to dine with a zillion children. Why people in Newport think it is appropriate to bring young humans to a restaurant that does not have accomodations or crayons for them, I don't know. But then people from Newport Beach do a lot of things I don't really understand.
Anyway, this was dinner of choice for today. I wasn't all that hungry - having indulged in a Subway ham sandwich for lunch. You can get the $5.00 footlong, bring it home and add bacon and it's really good. The menu has recently been altered to include a combination section. Some of the big favorites have been combined into one dinner - perfect for sharing. Steak Diane (covered in mushrooms and stuff) along with Chicken Maderia (also with mushrooms and stuff) discretely separated by a snowdrift of mashed potatoes and a spring of something green and leafy made for not only a lovely display, but also a treat for the nose. I absolutely adore thier mashed potatoes.
I know, you are supposed to get this with some spiffy selection from the full bar, but I am a Dr. Pepper addict and they serve it, so I have to have it. It was a splendid complement.
We also got their little house salad with a vinagrette dressing. Not as great - it had that nasty lettuce that looks like kelp on it. Yuck. And some of the leafy field greens looked a little too fresh from the field. But that's just me. Apparently people like the forest leavings salad. Whatever.
Another nom they have that we got was the Pasta Evelyn (Elvira? Eloise? Some woman's name.) Very, very nice. Lots of fresh veggies and herbs and perfectly cooked pasta. Defintiely a 'gonna get that one again'.
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