Heaven On Seven

04/09/11

Purgatory on Seven

by Texas Tyke

I was expecting better, based on the majority of the reviews I'd read. I went with cajun staples, Gumbo and Red beans & Rice, and was mightily disappointed.

The Gumbo was nicely seasoned but the texture felt like it had cornstarch in it. Too thick. After trying the Red beans and rice, I asked the waitress if they were made fresh every day and she said 'yes' - difficult to believe when they tasted like yesterdays leftovers (ever had two day old frijoles?). I also had to play 'spot the Andouille sausage' in the dish.

Having learned to cook a few cajun dishes from a lady in Carencro, LA (including gumbo), I'd hoped for good food at Heaven on Seven but left concerned that this might be what purgatory is like.

05/15/10

Great meal!

by Namaste13

Delicious!

• Pros: Exciting and interesting menu.

06/07/09

Hair of the dog

by Joe1029384756

Had breakfast here and found a strand of gray hair on one of the sausage links. I didn't make a big deal out of it - i was done eating already - but decided to point it out to our server. She apologized but then returned later and, for some strange reason, told us no one in the kitchen had gray hair and suggested it might have been a piece of string. Because string is delicious. Offered a free dessert but no comp for the offending dish.

• Pros: interesting menu
• Cons: hair on food

10/28/08

Yummy Cajun Food

by megandavison1

My husband and I were in Chicago last weekend and ended up eating here twice. The food was soooo good! The Red Beans and Rice, Po Boys, Gumbo, and Corn Muffins are to die for. We cant wait until our next trip to Chicago and Heaven on Seven

• Pros: Food, Service, Atmosphere, Jalapeno Corn Bread Muffin
• Cons: None

07/03/08

Killer Crawfish!!

by fatpaulie

I stopped in to Heaven on Seven last month when I was in town, and I was greeted by a bizarre spectacle: in the middle of the dining room was a large table containing a platter full of crawfish that appeared to be dying due to lack of water and possibly starvation. At first, I was confused, as I could think of no logical reason to slowly suffocate small animals in the middle of a restaurant. Then I was informed that this was in honor of ?Crawfish Festival,? and was an advertisement for their seasonal boiled crawfish special. I ordered the special, though I foolishly tried to select mine from the ones on display, and was informed that these particular crawfish were to be thrown away after they died. Still, the ones I did have were delicious!

When I went back a couple nights later, they had run out of live crawfish, so they had some dead ones sitting out, which I felt made the display slightly less festive. While I still found the sight of several dead crawfish lying on a plate at room temperature to be appetizing, it didn?t make me as hungry as the previous night when I got to watch them slowly grind to a halt and expire over the course of the evening.

Nevertheless, I was so inspired that I decided to use this sales technique at my own restaurant, Fat Paulie?s Invincible House of Beef in Topeka, Kansas (just south of the Municipal Airport on Rt. 4). Of course, we mainly sell burgers and steaks, so we?ve been bringing a cow in each night and tying a plastic bag over its head. We poke small holes in the bag to let a little air in, as we want our customers to be able to enjoy the sight of the cow becoming less lucid, stumbling around, losing consciousness and finally dying over a period of several hours. Needless to say, hamburger sales have gone through the roof! It?s been a bit expensive throwing a dead cow away every night, but the increased revenue brought in by this brilliant marketing strategy has more than made up for it. Thanks Heaven on Seven!