Rosebud Prime: Not Quite Ready for Prime Time (Chicago Area Restaurant Review 26)

Steve couldn't wait to take Lisa to Rosebud Prime in downtown Chicago because he loved it when he went there on a business dinner, and he thought it would be even better with good company. However, on the first visit, the company was so bad Steve must have overrated the food because, on this visit, both Steve and Lisa found the restaurant disappointing.

We didn't have our usual multi-course food fest because we were both tired and had to get to work early the next morning. We started with a couple non-descript wines by the glass, then had the house salad. It came with lots of different types of greens, but it also had things like egg, radishes, and olives, which we don't really enjoy in salads. On Steve's suggestion, Lisa ordered the bone-in ribeye, though she usually finds ribeye a little fatty. Not only did Lisa find this one fatty, but Steve thought it was one of the worst steaks he'd tasted in a long time. While normally the fat adds to the flavor of a ribeye, this one had all the fat and none of the flavor. It was almost as if Steve went to a different restaurant the first time. We were so disgusted by the steak that we didn't even have dessert, which happens about as often as George Bush uses a grammatically correct sentence or as often as Bill Clinton tells the truth (depending on which party you like less). The bathrooms were pretty nice but hard to get to.

Steve would try best two out of three, but not soon.

The total bill at Rosebud Prime, with wine by the glass and no dessert or appetizer, was about $150, way overpriced in our opinion.

Our rating for Rosebud Prime, One South Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois:

5 of 10 Steak Knives; 2.5 of 3 Bathroom Brushes