*burp*

Cabernet infused cheese spread and crispy flatbreads today.

We arrived at Fleming's and checked our coats. Now, I have been to a few very high end restaurants and have never encountered this: The woman that seated us offered us black napkins because our pants were black.

Our dinner for four started off with two wine flights (a red and a white sampler of three wines each). The men had beer. We settled on a bottle of Wente Zinfandel from the Livermore, CA region. They had champagne and cabernet infused cheese spreads for snacking. We started to feel a bit neglected by waitstaff, as our drinks took a long time to get there. Wines: $12 or so for flights. $40 for bottle. Beer????

For appetizers, we ordered the salmon bruschetta and crab cakes. The bruschetta was amazing. The crab cakes were average. I had better last week at a brewpub. Should've listened to HD. :-) Appetizers were about $12 each for reasonably sized servings (not large, but not tiny). The lobster tempura was closer to $20 and I was outvoted.

From there on out, the staff was a little more attentive. Chris had the blue cheese encrusted strip. I had the seared, rare tuna, my sister had a surf & turf like combo, and my BIL had a bone in ribeye. Chris's steak was AMAZING. My tuna was good, but needed more of the sherry vinegarette on the plate, as rare tuna isn't "juicy" per se. Steaks and seafood were $25-35 (no sides).

For sides we had the mashed potatoes with cheddar and jalepenos, the mashed potatoes with gorgonzola and the tomato, mozz & basil salad. The veggie medly was what I wanted, but it was $25. Yikes! Other sides were around $8-10. They came served family style, which was cool. And we got chilled forks for the salad. :-)

For dessert we all shared the chocolate mousse cake and the peach cobbler. The peach cobbler was very average. The cake was divine. I never saw the dessert prices, but given our total, I'm guessing around $8-$12 each.

Total bill for four: $307.

Would I go again?

For the blue cheese steak and fish (with extra vinegarette)? yes. For some appetizers? Yes. For the Fleming's potatoes? Yes.

For dessert? No. For a plain steak or plain seafood? No. For drinks? No.

I could probably do a dinner for two with one appetizer, one drink each, one steak, one fish and one side for around $100 for a special occassion and be very happy.