Food Review Steak Escape Newark Ohio

Steak Escape

1142 N 21st St
Newark, OH 43055

(740) 281-0793

http://www.steakescape.com/

 

So next to a grilled reuban sandwich my next favorite would be a philly cheesesteak sandwich. Recently this Steak Escape in Newark Ohio shut down for remodeling and re opened. 

 

Hubby and I went there the other day. As soon as we walked in the door we were greeted with yelling, whooping etc. Umm that really is not necessary and its actually embarassing. Whose idea was that? Seriously stop it! The public doesn't want to be screamed at when they walk in the door. They just want good food and service. 

 

Anyway we both ordered the deluxe steak sandwich, fries to split and 2 drinks. I have to say it was disappointing. There was nothing deluxe about the sandwich and I could hardly find any onion or mushroom. For the price it was a very skimpy steak sandwich. The taste was okay but nothing to write home about. Again I will pay a higher price for food but it has to be great food for a higher price. Definitely over priced for what you get. 

I got an ice tea and it was horrible. It had gone sour. Why why do restaurants do this? I poured it out and got a root beer. I did tell the girl at the counter the tea was sour but she never moved to fix it.

 

They had a ton of employees just standing around doing nothing. Having been in the industry they had better reign that in soon or they will have to put up the dreaded closed sign. If I had been in charge I would have been cutting employees and sending them home. 

 

I also spied one employee using the bathroom with their apron on. Huge no no. The health department is not a fan of that. Take your apron OFF before you use the restroom!! Yuck. That is basic restaurant 101.  

Food Critique for Capt'n Woody's Buckeye Lake Ohio

My friend called me spur of the moment the other day and asked me if I wanted to go have a drink and dinner at Capt'n Woody's in Buckeye Lake. I immediately said yes! I love spur of the moment outings. I have heard about Capt'n Woody's but even though I have now lived in this area for years I had never made it there. We picked a table outside to enjoy the view of the lake. Heres a picture I took looking out from our table

 
 

Way too much fun! While we were waiting for a couple more friends a waitress asked us if we would like a drink while we waited. Hell yeah! I asked her if they had a signature drink and she said they had one made with Pinnacle Sherbert Vodka. That was all it took for me. She brought it out in this cute coconut cup that you get to keep I am not a fan of drinks that are too sweet but this was perfect. I wish I had written down what was in it. All I remember is a couple kinds of juice.

Anyway we then ordered some appetizers. I ordered fried zucchini and my friends ordered jalapeno poppers and fried pickles. I have never had fried pickles so I was excited to try them. But once I did I didn't like them. I guess that just isn't my thing. I will say the zucchini was the best I have ever had. In fact I am craving some while I write this. Instead of slices they are big fat sticks. All of us at the table agreed they were wonderful. And you get a huge basket of them for 5.00.

 I then ordered a cheeseburger and fries. The cheeseburger was really really well done so not my cup of tea. I know restaurants have to be careful but this was so burnt on the edges that I could only eat the middle. All of my friends were very happy with their food. One friend got sweet potato fries and said they were awesome. Ya all know I bitch a lot about bad service so I will give our waitress kudos as she was on the ball!

Great service, great drinks and good food. All with a lakeview. I will definitely be back sooner than later. I got two drinks, an appetizer and the cheeseburger n fries and my bill with tip was 27.00. Not bad considering I got to bring the cute cup home. I am going to start taking pictures of my food. I don't know why I never think of that?

Food Critique for The Grill Newark Ohio

Yes I have been MIA again! Life just gets in the way sometimes of my fun. A few months back a reader posted that I should try The Grill in Newark Ohio for the best reuben sandwich. So last month I went.

 My friend and I went around 1:30 pm and the place was not at all busy. There was only one waitress working and she seemed to disappear a lot. I thought we would never get our drinks. Anyway I did order the grilled reuben sandwhich.

It took (and I am NOT exagerrating!)50 minutes to get my sandwich and my friends hamburger sliders. Honestly we were getting ready to just pay for our drinks and leave when the food finally arrived. If it had been busy I would be way more understanding. But since there was only 2 other tables (and they were already eating) I cannot imagine why it took so long to get the food. I told another friend of mine this story and they said it ALWAYS takes that long to get your food at The Grill.

 I would rate the reuben sandwich as very good. Not the best I have ever had but very good. My friend thought the sliders were very very good. I really liked the bread they used and the fries were also very good. Was it worth the almost hour long wait? No. It really wasn't. I have to be honest and say the grilled reuben sandwich at Crossroads in Jacktown is better and you don't have to wait an hour to get it. I did read a few weeks ago that they are under new management so I do plan on giving it another try. I am all about second chances