Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Restaurant Review: The Press Box Grill
Last night, we went to dinner at the new restaurant in our building, the Press Box Grill. It's on the corner of Elm and Ervay, in the Post Wilson Building. We were able to get free food in return for coming during their staff training session. I think they open officially tomorrow. That's the plan anyway.
The whole place is set up as sort of an upscale sports bar, with bunches of flat-screen TV's all over the walls. The TV's are awesome, and they have somehow managed to make them visible yet unobtrusive, so you don't feel sensory overload while munching your burger. The rest of the decor is newspaper-themed. It was a very comfortable atmostphere... something I can't say about most sports bars.
The menu is standard bar/grill food, and the food quality is high. We started with jalapeno poppers, which were cheesy and wonderful. Victor got a burger smothered in bleu cheese and buffalo sauce, while I had fish and chips. We also had plenty of beer (Victor said the Guinness was good). One thing I would have changed is to have real "chips" (or as we like to call them, fries) with the fish and chips instead of the homemade potato chips they served. I like the traditional big fries with my fish rather than waffle chips.
I hope this restaurant succeeds, because I would love to have another nearby alternative in case we don't want to cook. However, because it's downtown (which empties out after 5pm), and there isn't a parking lot or garage, it has some hurdles to overcome. But I'm pulling for it. Oh, the staff is really friendly too, which is important to me.
We didn't have dessert because they didn't have any available for their training session. Luckily, Victor's parents were thoughtful enough to ship me a homemade birthday cake, so we ate a bunch of that when we got home.
Last night, we went to dinner at the new restaurant in our building, the Press Box Grill. It's on the corner of Elm and Ervay, in the Post Wilson Building. We were able to get free food in return for coming during their staff training session. I think they open officially tomorrow. That's the plan anyway.
The whole place is set up as sort of an upscale sports bar, with bunches of flat-screen TV's all over the walls. The TV's are awesome, and they have somehow managed to make them visible yet unobtrusive, so you don't feel sensory overload while munching your burger. The rest of the decor is newspaper-themed. It was a very comfortable atmostphere... something I can't say about most sports bars.
The menu is standard bar/grill food, and the food quality is high. We started with jalapeno poppers, which were cheesy and wonderful. Victor got a burger smothered in bleu cheese and buffalo sauce, while I had fish and chips. We also had plenty of beer (Victor said the Guinness was good). One thing I would have changed is to have real "chips" (or as we like to call them, fries) with the fish and chips instead of the homemade potato chips they served. I like the traditional big fries with my fish rather than waffle chips.
I hope this restaurant succeeds, because I would love to have another nearby alternative in case we don't want to cook. However, because it's downtown (which empties out after 5pm), and there isn't a parking lot or garage, it has some hurdles to overcome. But I'm pulling for it. Oh, the staff is really friendly too, which is important to me.
We didn't have dessert because they didn't have any available for their training session. Luckily, Victor's parents were thoughtful enough to ship me a homemade birthday cake, so we ate a bunch of that when we got home.
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