The Capital Grille
5340 N. River Road, Rosemont
(847) 671-8125
Meets In Attendance: Adelman,
Goodman, Levy, Mullen
A note from the Editor (Meet Goodman):
As the meets have remained steadfast to our respite from the drudgery
of our lives, with a juicy steak as our recompense. These ‘meat meetings’ are not be regarded as
‘Cosa Nostra’ between meets with secretive undertones. These are moments to celebrate and share. May we share more with you and as you share
more with us.
It was a ‘long time, no see’ feeling between the meets. The love was palpable, the drinks were plentiful
and our stomachs were barking at the kitchen from the word ‘go’.
Our server, Alexandra, had a nice post-modern, androgynous look going…
let’s move on.
Our sodium levels were raised through 3 separate
courses (appetizer, salad, side dish) that included every Jewish person’s
guilty pleasure, BACON! We started with the
double cut smoked bacon slab (about ¾” inch thick) with tomato jam slab for the
starter, summarily cleared. The Wedge with
bleu cheese was complemented with cubed bacon bits, which made for a nice
palate cleanser.
Yes! Bacon
can be used as a palate cleanser at our table.
Each meet went with their own 10-ounce filet, with
Levy and Mullen peppercorn crusting their medium rare cuts. The warm center was even and impressive for
Levy. Mullen claimed that a rare+ preparation
on his cut would have more preferable, but it would have likely given him trichinosis.
Adelman was good with the flavor of his filet, but gave
some serious irate table chatter about the size of the cut.
“That isn’t 10 ounces.” said the irate table chattering
Adelman.
Goodman opted for the parmesan crust, which was a
little underdone, but did not completely take away from the steak. His call on the maple bacon brussels sprouts was
a solid side dish, with glazed morsels of bacon caressing each sprout with a
maple film of wholesome goodness, was popular.
It was nice that Adelman found them too sweet for his liking, as Goodman
gladly gorged on his relinquished sprouts.
Thank you, Meet Adelman.
A belated birthday celebration for Mullen capped off
the evening with a coconut-cream pie that even non-coconut lovers would die
for. For the 60015-ers (Levy, Goodman,
Adelman) the proximity to Rosemont made for a quick ride home, to which we say…
Let’s do Rosemont again!
