Bloomington ChopHouse

The Chophouse really tries hard to be like the better steak houses in town, but it comes up short.  The prices are similar to the better places downtown, but the food doesn't stand up.

They offer some interesting spreads for the bread which is unique.  The steaks I've had and the lunches have been fine, but again not at the point of the better places in town.

Drop the prices a bit and 4 stars.  Just average at the current prices.

Nice atmosphere, but the food was only good. The cook liked salt - on the steak, mushrooms, and asparagus. I had the veal Porterhouse, and which was good sized and cooked well. The mushrooms were under done and got hard and rubbery when cool. We ordered the squash side ($8) and it just a half a squash in the shell like I make at home. Probably won't go back anytime soon.

here with a group of about 20.  They did a great job with service.  Heard no complaints with the food.

I had the dry aged ribeye, cesar, scallops, and side of the red demi.  Steak was cooked to a good med-rare as ordered.  I would have liked a little more char on it did taste well.  Red demi was good and scallops were perfectly seared, seasoned and tasty.

We also had some oysters.  They were fresh and tasted great.

The service was good, and they did a good job of keeping up with our large group.