Downtown 140

We went to DT 140 for our first and probably last time yesterday  - for Mother's  Day.  The food was expensive and disappointing.  We arrived at 2 PM for Brunch.

My mother had Eggs Benedict.  The Hollandaise sauce was a little congealed, and the potato crisps were over cooked to the point of having a burnt flavor.  Mom was really disappointed.  My wife and sister each had the lobster salad for $22.  There were only 4 or 5 small pieces of lobster, a 1/6 of an avocado, and very little else. It only made a small line of food on a medium size plate.  Taking their time, they finished it within 10 minutes.  

Since I had breakfast earlier in the day, and did not want to order the Halibut special for $42, I ordered a hamburger for $15!  The server asked if I would like cheese, which I did.  This, as I found out later, added $2 to the bill.  The 1/3 lb, salty burger came medium rare (not the rare I requested) on a grocery store type of bun ( the ones that come 8 to a package),  with no lettuce tomato, etc. and frozen style fries.  I expect to pay in the mid high teens for a burger at an upscale restaurant, but $17 for this was a waste of money.

There are too many good/great restaurants in the Cleveland area, to even consider giving DT 140 another chance.

My wife and I were in on Tuesday night. Not only was the food amazing but so was the service and the live music. Such a great combination to make for an amazing dining experience. We enjoy drinking Chardonnay and the selection on their wine menu had a variety of the best Chardonnays I have seen. The server suggested we try the fish with the pineapple salsa, so both my wife and I choose different fish but with the salsa. We were both so impressed, the sweetness of the pineapple and the spice of the pepper really made for a tremendous entree. The live music was excellent and the musician were so friendly! I can not wait to go back next Tuesday to have another experience like this one!

The food here was tremendous.  We don't eat out much, so we really go for it when we go out.  The cheese tray was great, as were the duck pierogi and beef tartare appetizers.  My hanger steak was cooked to perfection, as was her fresh fish.

I would have given the restaurant a five but four our service.  Our server was terrible.  She did not have a grasp of the cheese selections that the restaurant offered and was sketchy on her knowledge of the menu itself.  She was the only server not bringing out her own food, never checked on us once the food arrived to see whether we needed anything and in general was MIA throughout the entire meal.

It was busy, but the other parts of the restaurant were managing just fine.  It was frustrating to be seated a half hour prior to the table next to us, basically have both tables order the same selections and watch their food come out  consistently before ours.  We did not linger and the dining experience went on for about 2.5 hours.