So lots of happy hours have cheap food and drinks, but not all have amazing quality...Morton's has both! First of all, it is Morton's so the service level is higher than normal and the bartenders get to know who you are and your likes in hopes that if you come back in the future they can impress you with this skill. Better than anything...the food and matched with the pricing...this may take over from Pier W as the best happy hour. Although I guess i could say Morton's has the best Happy Hour in Cleveland and Pier W the best in Lakewood.
So...what wonderful delectable bites did we try that just set me over the edge? Well there were three of us for dinner/happy hour and so we ordered aq variety of items. We started with the wedge salad bits. It is just that, a wedge salad in a few bites on a plate. Each bite has crispy bacon, fresh tomatoes and fragrant blue cheese. This cost for this happiness $6. Next we ordered the mini cheeseburgers (2), crab cakes, and trio of filet. Each of these items is $7. This emans the total cost of our happy hour full dinner was less than $10 a person for crab, fliet, burgers, and salad. For the cost, the quality was just amazing.
Crab cakes- these are not some little item of breading and egg with some shreds of crab. No these are crab pieces with just enough breading to hold them together. Mini cheeseburgers- each one comes on a delicious bun with tomato and onion and cheddar cheese. There is no need to use ketchup, mustard or mayo on these burgers. All that would do is cover up the taste of the meat that just melts in your mouth. Lastly, the filet trio. Each piece of filet comes on top of a small crostini. One has bernaise, one a wine sauce, the last a horseradish sauce. Each one...amazing and fork cutting goodness. We were able to split each piece into three and have a decent size portion.
During Happy Hour they also have martini's and specialty drinks for $8 a person and wines for $7. On this night I was blessed to be with a friend who has a wine locker and her wine selction was amazing!
Morton's officially has my top spot for happy hour. Where shall I try next to try and drop it out of contention? The fugally classy look at cost and quality not just cost.
Toddles until I find my next fun place to dine!
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
TOAST
One of the newest places in Gordon Square is Toast. It is a farm to table type place with all kinds of variables to its menu each night. I like variables...so I went in for the fun.
I started with the "bartender's choice" for my drink. You tell the bartender the spirit and if you want sweet or not and then let them create! I went for non-sweet vodka. I got a refreshing minty drink that was perfect for a warmish summer night. My dinner companion asked for a wine that would pair well with chocolate- she was ordering the hand made chocolate truffle with almond. The bartender gave her a glass of wine that was from a bottle left over from a wine tasting. It was full bodied and smelled amazing.
For my food choices...I went with the trio of toast, brocoli beer cheese soup and a sweet pea cake. The trio of taost changes daily. On Saturday it was a halibut confit, rabbit, and a vegetable with fresh pea shoots. All three were amazing. The toast was perfect. A lot of times you order these items and the toast is so crunchy it falls apart, or soggy in the middle from the toppings. This was crunchy, not soggy and it did not fall apart as you bit down. The brocoli beer cheese soup was different. Normally you expect thick cheesy broth with some piece of brocoli and a flavor of beer. This soup was finely chopped brocoli, in an actual broth that was scented heavily with beer. The chese was on top and the bacon piece were perfect. LAstly, the sweet pea cake. Ok...so some people think pea cake gross. But it was really good. My complaint was more with the frosting that was almost like thick slabs of butter instead of frosting. It was not too sweet, which is my preference, but the texture was slightly off.
I am looking forward to another meal at Toast in the near future. This time I may actually order something substantial.
I started with the "bartender's choice" for my drink. You tell the bartender the spirit and if you want sweet or not and then let them create! I went for non-sweet vodka. I got a refreshing minty drink that was perfect for a warmish summer night. My dinner companion asked for a wine that would pair well with chocolate- she was ordering the hand made chocolate truffle with almond. The bartender gave her a glass of wine that was from a bottle left over from a wine tasting. It was full bodied and smelled amazing.
For my food choices...I went with the trio of toast, brocoli beer cheese soup and a sweet pea cake. The trio of taost changes daily. On Saturday it was a halibut confit, rabbit, and a vegetable with fresh pea shoots. All three were amazing. The toast was perfect. A lot of times you order these items and the toast is so crunchy it falls apart, or soggy in the middle from the toppings. This was crunchy, not soggy and it did not fall apart as you bit down. The brocoli beer cheese soup was different. Normally you expect thick cheesy broth with some piece of brocoli and a flavor of beer. This soup was finely chopped brocoli, in an actual broth that was scented heavily with beer. The chese was on top and the bacon piece were perfect. LAstly, the sweet pea cake. Ok...so some people think pea cake gross. But it was really good. My complaint was more with the frosting that was almost like thick slabs of butter instead of frosting. It was not too sweet, which is my preference, but the texture was slightly off.
I am looking forward to another meal at Toast in the near future. This time I may actually order something substantial.
Press Wine Bar
I got a pleasant surprise yesterday when a few friends stop by in the morning from out of town. They were hungry and I wanted to find someplace new. So we decided to try Press Wine Bar for brunch. GREAT choice.
The food was reasonably priced for brunch and it was delicious. I started with an $8 Bloody Mary that could have been a meal itself. It came with a spicy bloody mary mix, salty spiciness on the rim, and smoked bacon and a deviled egg on top. It was well worth the $8 and never lost flavor, even as the ice melted.
For Breakfast I had a mexi skillet with eggs, potato hash, poblanos, fried tortilla, and salsa verde. It was a great blend of egg and flavor. It had a little spice to it and they did bring me a side of hot sauce...always a must with egg dishes. My two favorite dining companions egg had an omelet. One had prosciutto, onion and cheese and the other had wild mushroom, provolone and argula. They both came with a side of toast and potato hash. The toast had very light butter, which I think is better then sopping bread. The meals were a proper size and each cost under $10 for a Sunday brunch meal.
I would love to go back and try their entrees and dinner menu as well as the wine on tap. But for now...it is a solid brunch place for future endeavors!
The food was reasonably priced for brunch and it was delicious. I started with an $8 Bloody Mary that could have been a meal itself. It came with a spicy bloody mary mix, salty spiciness on the rim, and smoked bacon and a deviled egg on top. It was well worth the $8 and never lost flavor, even as the ice melted.
For Breakfast I had a mexi skillet with eggs, potato hash, poblanos, fried tortilla, and salsa verde. It was a great blend of egg and flavor. It had a little spice to it and they did bring me a side of hot sauce...always a must with egg dishes. My two favorite dining companions egg had an omelet. One had prosciutto, onion and cheese and the other had wild mushroom, provolone and argula. They both came with a side of toast and potato hash. The toast had very light butter, which I think is better then sopping bread. The meals were a proper size and each cost under $10 for a Sunday brunch meal.
I would love to go back and try their entrees and dinner menu as well as the wine on tap. But for now...it is a solid brunch place for future endeavors!
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