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May 30, 2001 |
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Grate Steak: Where you always cook the perfect steak! |
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����������� When I go to a restaurant, my biggest problem is my steak always being cooked the wrong way.� That is definitely not the case at The Grate Steak restaurant.� They have a wide variety of steaks and other food to choose from on the menu, as well as a large selection of drinks.� I had never been to the Grate Steak before, but I was told by a couple of friends how good it was.� I thought my roommate, her parents and I should go see what it was like.� The food is good, the service is great and the prices are excellent. |
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����������� When I first walked into the restaurant, I was not that impressed with the waiting area.� It was kind of small with a couple of chairs.� As I looked past the hostess stand, I think my mouth dropped to the floor.� There behind the stand was a large 30 x 10 feet grill about waist high and brick from the floor to the top of the grill.� Scattered around the edges of the grill were spices and cooking utensils.� To the right of the grill was a fairly large salad bar with fresh lettuce, fruits, vegetables, and all of the toppings I could put on a salad.� Across from the salad bar was the baked potato bar.� The baked potato bar had mounds of sour cream, cheese, chives, tomatoes, butter, and on the side was hot, melted cheese and chili.� |
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����������� We were seated in a corner table by the full sized bar.� The others in my party ordered drinks from the bar, while I stuck with my usual sweetened iced tea.� Our server, Kevin, came to our table and was very soft spoken, but polite.� He introduced himself and asked if we had all been here before.� I told him this was my first time, and he started to tell me a little about the restaurant.� Kevin said that all of their meats are sent weekly from Chicago, and that we could cook our own steak if we desired.� I found that to be the best part of the whole dining experience.� Kevin gave us a moment to look at the menu and decide what we would like for dinner. At the Grate Steak, "Beef is back" (Salasky) definitely, but, unfortunately, I was not in a steak mood, fortunately they have a great selection of other foods to choose from.� For seafood, I saw about four types of fish, a crab cake dinner and a shrimp dinner.� There were chicken entrees as well.� They also offer combination dinners with all three of the meats featured: steak, seafood, and chicken.� The seafood and chicken are cooked in the kitchen.��� |
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����������� My roommate and I got the potato and salad bar.� All I have to say is "great." Where can you find an all-you-can-eat baked potato and salad bar?� The rest of our party chose the Petite cut Top Sirloin and the Restaurant cut Top Sirloin.� All of the steak dinners that are cooked by you come with all-you-can-eat salad bar and baked potatoes.� While they were cooking their steaks, my roommate and I were helping ourselves to the salad bar.� Every time someone in our party cleared a plate, Kevin was right there to clean it up and replace it with a new plate.� The servers, also known as the Chef"s Assistants, were very friendly and always had a smile.� They were also very informative and helpful. |
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����������� Of course, the most important part of our dining experience was the check.� Though this is a steak and potato restaurant, the prices did not show it at all.� The prices ranged from most expensive being $31.95 to the least expensive being $7.95.� We were all too stuffed to eat desert, but our server offered us a daily special, which was a sweet potato pie.� They also have homemade cheesecake with various fruit toppings and a homemade brownie with ice cream and hot fudge.� |
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����������� The Grate Steak can be found on Coliseum Dr. near the Hampton Coliseum.� I suggest going with the whole family.� The restaurant seats approximately 320 people comfortably.� Parts of the restaurant have quiet booths for small and large parties accompanied with regular tables and chairs in case someone does not like sitting in booths.� The walls are decorated with various country tools, and pictures.� The room where you cook your steak even has a picture of a haystack, in which you try to find the needle while cooking. I recommend The Grate Steak because of the fun atmosphere and it is a perfect family spot to eat.� |
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Works Cited |
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Salasky, Prue.� "Celebrate the Return of the Steakhouse." HRTicket.� 20 Nov 2000 |
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http://hrticket.com/top/1,1419,N-HRTicket-Restaurants-X!ArticleDetail-7355,00.html |
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