Sabad's Restaurant

A hidden treasure in the 'North Country.' Sabad's is known for its prime rib.  The restaurant has been under new ownership for a few years now but I see no difference in quality from its previous and original owner ("Shine").  Shine was Hungarian. I believe the new owners are Czech but the menu is very much still inspired by Shine's background and cuisine.

Go with the prime rib. King cut is 16 oz. and runs about $19. Queen is 12 oz. and runs about $16. For the side either try the hand cut fries with gravy or a side of pasta to try their marinara sauce. For an appetizer, they do really good Alaskan king crab legs and steamed little neck clams.

The complementary bread and relish tray they serve as an appetizer can be filling by itself, but delicious. The garlic bread, red cabbage and bean medley are excellent.  Once you're done with this, they'll bring you your choice of garden salad, Caesar salad or cole slaw followed by homemade cabbage noddles. In other words, there's a good chance you'll be full by the time you get to your entree.

Aside from the outstanding food, the service is usually pretty good and the staff are friendly. The husband and wife owners are always there to greet you. Overall, a great restaurant. The prices are a little high for its location but this is fine dining and well worth the drive and money spent.

I haven't been there in six months of so, but I can only imagine the quality has stayed the same.  It's got a supper-club style atmosphere, complete with pre-meal relishes and tasty bread.  I can only speak of two things on the menu, both of which are very good.  The cabbage rolls are amazing and so is the fried chicken.  The only downside is that I really think that they're charging a bit too much for their food, which is the only reason we really don't go there anymore.  If they dropped their prices, we'd be frequent customers!

I've been to Sabad's several times over the years, and never had a bad meal. If you're not going on a Saturday, it's definitely a four-star pick in my book. Unfortunately, Saturday nights seem to always be overbooked and understaffed. We ate here last night when I was in town for a relative's birthday, part of a group of ten that was seated next to a group of ~15-20. For the first twenty minutes, we couldn't get anyone to wait on us, and we were short a couple napkins and menus. The waitress assigned to the room, overwhelmed by the other table shouting a continuous stream of orders at her, addressed us with a bit of a 'tude at first.

Once we got through our drink orders however, things improved dramatically. Everything else came about as on-time as you can expect for a group that large being served by only one waitress. Once the other table cleared out, our waitress's mood improved dramatically. I ordered the Seafood Luigi, which was cooked in a very subtle white wine sauce over linguini with scallops, shrimp, and calamari. Both the scallops and the calamari (cut very thin here) are easy to overcook, but both turned out just right. The shrimp are jumbo and were also cooked just right. So while the service can be frustrating on busy nights, the food has always been worth four stars -- especially by North Country standards.