Prairie Grass Cafe

10/21/08

Nice decor, food bad

by Redlem at Citysearch

Stopped in on a Sunday night while driving around trying to find someplace to eat with a group because I had seen this in the Trib. Bad call on my part.

First the title "cafe" is misleading as this is not priced as a cafe.

The interior was very nice and inviting.

OK I will start with what I got; the citrus marinated beet "salad" and the pate. To be considered a "salad" you need more than 2 slices of beets. While they were about the radius of an apple it was still only 2 slices. Also the color was PINK, my first reaction was "who ordered the Tuna?' , I had to look very close and poked it several times to finally determine it was the beet salad. Probably the most disappointing item I have ever eaten at any restaurant ever! The pate was unoriginal and uninspiring in taste and presentation.

Next would be their signature dish the "un-traditional" sheperds pie. As I watched my brother pull out large pieces of fat from this dish and as he struggled to finish off 1/3 of the dish saying it was very boring and just plain inedible we just questioned how this could be the signature dish. And at $17 not a cheap doorstop.

My mother had the "burger", which came with no bun. It was a very large patty w/cheese and came with a very large grocery store tomato (I know because I at it, no taste) slightly roasted, and 2 large potato wedges. She said she would rather of had a Wendy's burger or the burger we had at Mimi's Cafe the next day.

The smoked salmon pizza was declared very good but that was no surprize since no cooking was actually involved. Also the phyllo wrapped spinach was declared very good.

Overall I would never go back again and will recommend to all my friends to avoid this place. Very disappointing.

• Pros: decor
• Cons: food