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. Â The Hollandaise sauce was a little congealed, and the potato crisps were over cooked to the point of having a burnt flavor. Â Mom was really disappointed. Â My wife and sister each had the lobster salad for $22. Â 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. Â Taking their time, they finished it within 10 minutes. Â
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! Â The server asked if I would like cheese, which I did. Â This, as I found out later, added $2 to the bill. Â 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), Â with no lettuce tomato, etc. and frozen style fries. Â 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!
Review Source:The food here was tremendous. Â We don't eat out much, so we really go for it when we go out. Â The cheese tray was great, as were the duck pierogi and beef tartare appetizers. Â My hanger steak was cooked to perfection, as was her fresh fish.
I would have given the restaurant a five but four our service. Â Our server was terrible. Â She did not have a grasp of the cheese selections that the restaurant offered and was sketchy on her knowledge of the menu itself. Â 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.
Delicious, unique food and great service. We went to Downtown 140 for dinner for the first time a few nights ago, and were really impressed. This place is serious about good food. It can be expensive though, so keep that in mind. I ordered the Duck Pierogie (delicious!), the Pear and Apple Salad (amazing! Has pears, apples, spring mix lettuce, candied bacon, pecans and blue cheese in a delicious vanilla vinaigrette), and the Scallop entree (perfectly seared scallops over creamy, rich, cheesey risotto. Yum!). My husband had the Lobster Tater Tots which were really good, and the Hanger Steak entree which was served on a large wooden cutting board with a huge pile of crispy fries ..... Not just delicious, but awesome presentation too! Â I would like to go back and try a lunch sometime, maybe try out their burger. Over the past few months we've tried a few of the restaurants in Hudson (Vine and Lager, Three Palms, Alladins) and have been relatively unimpressed. Flip Side and Farinacci Pizza are really good, and still our favorites, but Downtown 140 just earned much love from us .... and has joined our favorites list. I would definitely recommend Downtown 140 to any other foodies out there. Enjoy!
Review Source:Don't take 4 stars lightly... This place is amazing a deserves a visit at least one time just for the ambiance. Â Killer! Â Food and service were spot on. Â The menu was a bit on the small side, but everything we tried, down to even the grilled cheese, were worth visiting again for. Â Yum!
Review Source:My wife and I have been Downtown 140 fans since 2004, following the restaurant as chefs Monday and Triskett changed over. Â In fact, we have dined there 26 times (thank you Quicken) and adored the place, but our most recent meal was a complete disaster.
Having a great bottle of 2004 Grgich Hills cab at home, we decided to bring our own bottle. Â I took the waiter up on his offer to decant. Â He proceeded to empty the entire bottle of wine, sediment and all, into the decanter. Â The better restaurants I've been to (with waiters that know what they are doing), will always leave the bottom half inch or so un-poured so you do not get the sediment in your glass or decanter. Â Not off to a good start. Â Our great wine now makes your mouth feel full of grit when you take a sip.
We started off with the cheese board as an appetizer, which we have gotten there many times before. Â The cheese options were good, but the selection of accompaniments was terrible. Â It consisted of cheeses, toasts, a few grapes, and an odd jam. Â Strangely enough, it was missing any kind of toasted or warm nuts that I've had in the past at 140 and other restaurants. Â The toasts for the cheese were so incredibly salty and over seasoned, they were inedible. Â The board included no other cracker options.
My wife then ordered the squash bisque. Â What arrived was watery, salty, mess. Â Its bisque, it's supposed to be thick and creamy, not watery. Â Plus I suspect the same person lacking taste buds for salting/seasoning the toasts also prepared the soup. Â For the first time in 25 other past meals at 140, we sent an item back to the kitchen.
For the entrée, we both got the filet. What arrived was dry, lacking any flavor, and with nothing exciting about it.  I've had the filet that was prepared while Don Triskett was there and it was a blow my mind experience.  The complexity of flavors and texture of what Don put together was amazing (my mouth waters on just the memory).  Unfortunately, their current filet lacks any complexity what so ever and it is neither a spin on elegance in simplicity, since the quality is so poor.  I'd rate it in line with chain restaurant quality filet.  In fact, last weekend, my wife and I were laughing at Lager & Vine because they put out a better filet than Downtown 140.  It's ridiculous..
Normally, my wife and I are big dessert fans, but our experience was so awful that we could not wait to run out the door. Â We paid our check and got the hell out of there. Â As we left, we shook our heads in disgust, because our favorite local restaurant seems to have been destroyed.
I don't know what is going on at Downtown 140, but I do know one thing for sure; the dining landscape in Hudson has changed dramatically since 2004, with many new options opened up. Â I want to love Downtown 140 again since it has been our "to-go" spot for a wonderful dinner for nearly a decade, but this last meal has drawn a line in the sand. Â I'm not stepping into that place until they get a new chef. Â Any chef or sous chef that would let that garbage go out under their watch, should be fired immediately. Â With the disgustingly over saltiness of the toasts and soup, it is obvious that they don't even bother to taste the food they are putting out. Â It is an insult to Downtown 140's history of great food and great chefs who have worked there and moved on. Â
Please Downtown 140, get your act together.
We dropped in for a Saturday evening appetizer and drinks. The hostess deserves a higher rating than I'm giving--despite being very busy, she was very accommodating and friendly.
A friend from work recommended we go here, touting a cheese plate that rivals L'Albatros in Cleveland. We had high expectations. We were let down, and next time we'll just go to Cleveland. Our waiter was highly unprofessional and absent-minded, obviously had forgotten our drink order at one point and made a show of running to the bar after we'd seen. We had to hand our menus off to another person because he couldn't be bothered to take them after we ordered. I asked for a wine recommendation, but the wine I received was nothing like what I had asked for--I stated robust and spicy, received mild, almost bland. Small details like these count when you are trying to tout yourself as a fine restaurant.
The cheese selection was incredibly lacking. I think we've been spoiled by L'Albatros where the specialty cheeses never disappoint. Here, we were given the choices of "Uh, a brie, goat cheese, cloth-wrapped cheddar, and Maytag blue." We ordered a couple as well as some meat choices, and a half order of lobster mac and cheese. It took over thirty minutes to get our appetizers. We approached the manager, who ended up removing them from our bill, but seemed disinterested in anything we had to say. The extras on the meat & cheese plate were nice adds, but we would've rather had better meats and cheeses.
The lobster mac and cheese lacked as well. We found a few chunks of lobster, which was good, but the overall flavor wasn't great.
Probably won't go back. One can attribute their slips to it being a busy Saturday, or to lack of professionalism and inability to meet the expectations their image is attempting to exude.
I have been hearing a lot about this restaurant and finally had the chance to eat there for dinner. The dining room is below street level and feels warm and comfortable. Service was superb and there was no rush, even though it took us a while to decide what to order! Now to the wine and food. Their wine list is varied and pricing is reasonable. We ordered a bottle of the "Frogs Leap Zinfandel and it was delightful! The menu gives you the option of ordering several small plates, which I did, or a nice sized entree. I ordered the Calamari, which was an amazing blend of Cilantro, tiny slices of carrots, and hints of a Thai peanut sauce and small pieces of chopped peanuts. The calamari was tender and cooked to perfection. My guest shared this and also really enjoyed it. As my other course, I ordered the Mussels and frites, which were cooked perfectly, tender, with a nice white wine broth and plated with the frites resting on top. Excellent! My guest had the Halibut, which was paired with shrimp and served alongside a saffron flavored risotto cake. I was lucky to taste a bit in exchange for a few mussels and frites! If you have read my other reviews, I am a bit of a frites and mussels aficionado and both now move up with the best I've enjoyed.
I'll definitely be back and can't wait to try them for lunch as their menu looks very appealing!
I like this place because I can mix and match interesting apps and salads. The devilled eggs @ $2.5 apiece sound better than they taste, with smoked trout and lobster not given a chance to shine. Devils on horseback offer an app that everyone does now - dates stuffed with chorizo and wrapped with  bacon - but the mix of sweet and salty and chewy and crisp still works well.
I can't  quarrel with the selection of artisanal cheeses and smoked meats, but the accompanying fruit is a joke with two tiny slivers of apple.  Why not provide a magnifying glass some can find it?  The apple or fruit should counterbalance the rich flavors of the cheese, but 2 slIvers of fruit doesn't do it. Â
I think the presentation is a shade better than the flavors, but it's still a welcome oasis in the wilds of Hudson.
For my first visit to Downtown 140, I threw a lunch party of ten at them, and I'm happy to report that they passed with flying colors and then some. We split three of the deviled egg choices (standard, wasabi, and lobster). I was able to sample the first two, and they were good, but not melt-your-face-off great. I think I just got spoiled by Grandma's. Shame I didn't get to try the lobster ones- they looked decent. We also got the lobster tator tots- loved those. The lunch entree menu is on the smaller side (a plus in my book), and a lot of us chose the mac & cheese. Very creamy, with tender chicken confit and a variety of mushrooms. My sole gripe was that it was advertised with goat cheese, and that flavor could have come through more. Too subtle, I thought. My other colleagues raved about the lobster rolls and French dip sandwiches they ordered. Dessert for me was the popcorn creme brûlée, which was more flan-like, as it came sans ramekin, on a plate with a salted caramel sauce. Tempting to lick the plate clean.
Service was very smooth, even with our large party. The atmosphere is warm and cozy, despite the basement setting. I'd gladly settle in for the evening with dinner and a bottle of wine another day.
We've been going to Downtown 140 once or twice a year, for last 3 or 4 years, and it was always the place we knew where we would get great service, have delicious food, an overall wonderful dining experience.
I state 'was' because both food and service were definitely not up to our expectations on this last visit. Â Here is the rundown on what we ordered and why we were disappointed:
- Devils on horseback - good as they've always been
- lobster tater tots - mushy, couldn't taste any lobster, believe they were undercooked
- ceasar salad - I didn't have any but my wife said this was the least flavorful ceasar salad she has ever had
- crispy calamari - like the lobster tater tots, we felt this was undercooked; had a very oily taste
- northhampton bay scallops (medium dish) - scallops with bacon and some other items; the oily sauce overwhelmed the flavor of the dish. Â Sauce had a burnt butter type flavor.
In regards to service, our server did as best she could but she was handling several tables, one being a large group. Â We were often waiting to get our drinks, and in one case, when the calamari was served, we didn't have any plates to eat off of, and we had to flag down a bus boy and ask for plates
I certainly hope this dining experience was an isolated incident as Downtown 140 has always been our 'go to' spot, and it's very close by. Â I'm hesitant to go there again anytime soon.
Was in Hudson last week visiting my mom and had the opportunity to eat here twice. The second night we had the good fortune to sit at the Chef's Table and it was an absolutely amazing experience! Executive Chef Jim Blevins is a master. Beyond creating some of the most amazing food I've ever eaten he is a hell of a nice guy and extremely generous with information. His attention to detail and the intricate and subtle balance he achieves between sweet, salty and savory create small pates of culinary perfection. The wine list is carefully chosen and the service is totally professional, yet relaxed. Just what one wants when savoring this type of experience. Having eaten fine meals all over the world I have to say Downtown 140 ranks among the very best of the best, for food, service, atmosphere and general awesomeness. It is the total package and well worth every penny! If you ever find yourself anywhere near Northeastern Ohio, do yourself a favor and stop in at Downtown 140. If you love fine dining, you will leave happy!
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I haven't in a while but after tonights dinner I have to
What did I have to eat? hmm having a hard time remembering
Oh I know
First the charcuterie plate I'll give it  a TRY IT
and now it all goes downhill
The Belly calms were greasy and glommed together potential yes but just not done well
the deviled eggs really fancy to bad they just tasted like deviled eggs
the lobster and the tuna bla bla bla tasted like a deviled egg that a1/2 cost like 2.50 pretty but tasteless
the Caesar salad oh lets see no taste of garlic, lemon, worchester, just bland not good
the heirloom tomato salad again the heirlooms where cherry sized tomatoes no flavor from the tomatoes just from the blue cheese dressing
and the crab cakes were ok but way from special
Overall I would say SKIP IT!!!
Went back last night and, as usual, had a wonderful meal. I do, however, have a few nits to pick, thus the 4 stars versus 5.
We had one selection from "First" (see menu, it's online) which was the Ahi Tuna Cone (delicious!), two from "Segue," the longstem artichoke fritto, toasted garlic breadcrumbs, pepperoncino gremolata, lemon aioli, and an incredible white bean soup. The artichoke was very tasty, but, note to the kitchen, one of the marks of a great restaurant is to serve fried food (especially flash fried) that is NOT greasy. This was greasy, which, frankly, shocked me. Â Almost said something to our server (Michael, who was just great), but decided not to.
We tried their special stone crab claws--well, one, actually, and that was  grossly over-priced for the amount of meat inside. I'm talking incredibly little. They only have them a few times a year, and if ours was a typical example, we could have easily split a half-dozen, but at $10 a piece, that was not going to happen. Look, I've spent almost $500 for dinner so it's not about the money, but it IS about getting something you at least perceive is worth it. That lonely little crab claw was not remotely worth it in our opinion.
My wife and i each ordered the braised short-ribs special, and it was incredible great. No question, the kitchen knows what they're doing in a big way.
We shared the molten lava chocolate cake and that, too, we excellent.
As I said above, our server Michael was fantastic. Attentive but not smothering, extremely personable, good sense of humor, just overall a professional from beginning to end. Â
So, DT140 is STILL easily in my top 3 upper-end restaurants in the area, I just thought there were a few little misses. But at this price point you don't get five stars unless everything is perfect. Â Will we be back? Of course we will.
The food at this place is amazing!! They have an excellent wine list. The service is great. You must have a dinner reservation to get in on a Friday, Saturday or sunday. It's a very small space but layed out nicely. The food is fresh and local when available. I had the halibut and it was the best piece of fish I have ever had. It was cooked perfectly. My husband had the filet and it was delicious, it just melted in your mouth. I love the truffle bread they bring for appetizers and the martini were excellent.
I gave this a 4 instead of 5 because the tables are huge. We were at a table for 2 and it seemed extremely long. I felt like I had to speak loud in order for my husband to hear me. Other than that I love this place.
The dress code is smart casual to dressy. I have seen people I'm jeans with dress shirts, to people in suits and dresses. It's is pricey but well worth it! Great place for a date nite or special occasions.
I think I may have expected too much from Downtown 140. Â The interior is gorgeous and looks romantic. Â However, the noise level was insane and the tables are obscenely large, so you have to literally yell at one another. Â The food was not bad, and dessert was amazing. Â However, the service was downright awful. Â We may as well have not had a waitress. Â She deliberately ignored tables. Â I actually had to get up and go to the hostess to ask for my waitress, as it had been over 20 minutes since we had seen her. Â She STILL did not come over for at least 10 minutes. Â The service was so bad that the table next to us commented on it to us, it was among the worst I've ever had. Â Overall, I would say save your money and go elsewhere, you wouldn't be missing much except for aggravation. Â
As for how to dress, men mostly wore nice jeans with striped dress shirts, and the women wore nice jeans with trendy tops. Â I recommend you make reservations.
I love this place. Every time I come to visit the fam in OH, I ask to be taken here. It's super cozy and comfy. Staff is always nice. Great wine list. Food is fantastic. If i have a complaint it would only be that there are so many great looking items on the menu, we have a hard time deciding what to get. I've never been sorry for any decision. We're going back to OH next week and we have our lunch reservations firmed up for next Friday. Woohoo!
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