The Keg Steakhouse and Bar

Last weekend, my husband and I went on a date night….yes an actual date night. We’ve been wanting to try a restaurant close to our house called The Keg.

From the outside, we figured this would be a great restaurant to go to….without our son in tow! However, when we got there, we saw several families with kids. They even had a kids menu leading me to beleive this restaurant was more family friendly than I originally thought. The kids menu included “steakhouse items” such as ribs, steak and burgers. It also had chicken strips, Prime Rib Beef Dip (French Dip) and BBQ chicken.

The ambiance was dark and quiet…..quite the romantic restaurant for a couple. The menu included mostly steak, but did offer a few alternatives such as salad and chicken. They also had an extensive wine list, but my husband and I are not wine drinkers (and even if we were, I could not partake considering the whole pregnancy thing).

We started off with some garlic cheesy bread. My husband chose Prime Rib and I chose the Teriyaki Sirloin. My steak came with a baked potato and my husbands came with garlic mashed potatoes (however, they let him subsitute a baked potato instead). We ended our meal with a Brownie Sundae.

I definitely enjoyed the more “date like” atmosphere”….the candlelit table, cloth napkins, and fireplace. The food was nothing earthshattering. The steaks were good, but not necessarily the best I have ever eaten. However, the brownie sundae was terrific! The brownie was warm, but not too hot that it melted the ice cream.

The cost was higher than you would get at a larger chain restaurant. However, the service was pretty good and seemed knowledgable about their menu.

So, all in all, it was a great date night and I’m really glad we finally tried this restaurant.

The Keg Steakhouse and Bar

Grimaldi’s Pizza

For the past week and half our microwave has been broken. It was supposed to be fixed today, but it has been deemed “unfixable”. We were banking on having a microwave for dinner, but since that didn’t happen, we decided to go out to dinner.

We have seen Grimaldi’s Pizza many times while around the mall area and have had good intentions of trying it for a couple of years. So, tonight, we finally did. After we convinced our son that he wanted pizza for dinner (good grief….who has to convince a 3 year old that he wants pizza???), we went in the restaurant. I was quite surprised that the menu was so limited. The choices were: pizza, calzones or salad. Everything is served family style and there is no kid’s menu.

We ordered pizza with Italian Sausage. Now, my husband and I were raised on Chicago style pizza, so this was a bit of and adventure for us since this is New York style pizza. It sometimes is hard for me to change my expectations of pizza based on the part of the country it is from.

Our son was given pizza dough to play with while we waited for our pizza. I made sure he understood that the dough is for playing with, not for eating. He understood so well that when he saw the toddler at the table next to us take a bite out of his dough, he began shaking his head and looked horrified that this adorable boy actually ate his dough! Needless to say, our son definitely did not eat the pizza dough!

The pizza came out and it was wonderful! The pizza cheese is actually slices of mozzarella (as opposed to shreed mozzarella that is customary on Chicago pizza) and the crust was thin but nice and crunchy. The sauce was really good…..not overly powerful, but just enough for pizza.

The prices were resonable….not cheap, but ok. The check for the 3 of us….1 18″ pizza, 2 drinks was $23.00.

Grimaldi’s is only in certain parts of the country, so you’ll have to check to see if there is one close by. I would highly recommended this pizza restaurant, if you are looking for New York style pizza. We will definitely be back!

Grimaldi’s Pizza