BC Restaurant

If I'm going out for a top notch dinner, bc is right at the top of the list.
Everything I've ever had here has been amazing.
I think they could easily charge more for the level of food you get here, but I'm glad they don't.

I have had my sights set on BC for quite some time and finding myself in Syracuse this past weekend we decided to give it a go.

This past Saturday was the annual St. Patrick's day parade, I think this year the parade was held a week earlier due to NCAA basketball tournament that would end in Syracuse on St Patrick's day.

We stopped by earlier to look at the menu, it looked promising enough.

We came back later, after several rounds of beer for some nourishment.  The female working the door was the owner I believe.  She seemed cool with her artsy looking attire.  I don't think however she appreciated our casual dress, but we were coming from a street fair.

We ordered 2 glasses of wine and two starters, the arugula and pine nut salad and the scallop appetizer, "chefs preparation of the day" was vague but we gave them a go.

The salad was good but heavy handed in the condiment department.  

The scallops, $14 were cooked well but we received a portion of 2 pieces. For $14.

Then I look at the menu again and really zoned in on pricing.  $25 for chicken and waffles?  I 'll pass, thanks.

Needless to say we asked for the check and bolted.  

This has to be one of the most over priced, mediocre restaurants I have been to.

We will not be back.

P.S.  The winter plastic wall they have installed at the entrance is so freaking ugly. I mean, I know Syracuse is cold in the Winter but they should have come up with something more aesthetically pleasing.

The first review I'm writing, because the Syracuse Yelp community seems to be dead. And that doesn't help me seeing as I'm stuck here for at least two more years. I've decided I'll contribute to help those in the future as unfortunate as I to come to a food desert like Syracuse after growing up in Los Angeles.

I came here for Valentine's Day after making the reservation about a week beforehand. I'd heard good things about it -- and that's a rarity in Syracuse! -- so the man and I (mostly I) decided to come here.

The four stars = a combination of lovely live Spanish music, pretty good (but not amazing) food, and a great date. It's quite hard not to enjoy a fancy schmancy restaurant date with great music, great ambience, and good food. The candles on each dining table? Ooh, am I a sucker for pretty lights.

The two of us had a lobster quesadilla as the appetizer, and we both got the filet mignon as our main entrees. The lobster quesadilla... very good. I don't like to try new things, but I went for this and it was delicious. The filet mignon I thought was so awesomely juicy and seemed to be cooked with care. I'm not a steak expert but most chain restaurant steak places don't seem to put much consideration into the "medium-rare" part of the order. BC, on the other hand cooked it perfectly.

Reason for the minus one star:
We got blueberry cheesecake and apple fritter/pie/turnover/whatever, and those were quite mediocre. If BC put more effort into their desserts, it would make it perfect. We were also supposed to get complimentary chocolate covered strawberries with each dessert, but the waiter didn't give us ours... :( I saw the next table with theirs too! But maybe it was because we rushed for the check.
The service was also really really slow. It was a busy night but there were many times the waiter could have checked up on us while checking on other tables, but instead chose to pass us. No matter since I had a great date for great conversation, but minus a star for it nevertheless.