text: When it comes to the food the Old Fashioned is overrated And disappointing because their foods are relatively simple and therefore should be done consistently well It is the usual story in disappointing Madison restaurants no subtlety and a lack of attention to detailnnAfter several experiences with sandwiches that were only okay in later visits I moved on to the specials Twice I had the Saturday night prime rib and twice I was disappointed Because they do not know or care about the difference between rare and mediumrare Also forget about the French Onion soup What should be an oldschool crock with a layer of parmesan and gruyere bubbling over a salty onion beef broth is instead a weak pretender with hardly a layer of cheese worth mentioning Come on nownnI will say that the accompanying wedge salad is more than decent and that the onion string fries are a terrific But they are not the main event and cannot carry the show by themselves nnI say all this actually liking the Old Fashioned its concept and experience It could be great but it is just not