Every food show that comes to Pittsburgh focuses its lasers on Primanti Brothers. Man Vs. Food loved it! Diners, Drive-ins & Dives raved about it! Native Pittsburghers raise it to Untouchable status. In fact, it seems nearly sacrilege to live in Pittsburgh and not love Primanti Brothers. Quite frankly, though, there isn't much to love. I've lived in Pittsburgh for three years, and everyone who visits demands a trip to Primanti Brothers. So I take them. I've been more times than I care to admit, so I feel more than qualified to bash this place. I'ma break it down for you piece by piece. 1. The Bread: Folks love the bread! It's thickly-sliced and freshly baked! It makes the sandwich unmanageably large, though; you spend more time mashing the sandwich into a fittable size than you do actually eating it. Additionally, the bread is so thick it overpowers the meat and sticks to the roof of your mouth in a most unpleasant manner. 2. The Meat: Really bad quality. The "steak" is worse than Steak-ums. It's actually worse than the rubber mats that line the floor behind the bar. Saying it has flavor is a compliment. And the "Big Fish"? Gag. Van de Kamps. If that. 3. The Cole Slaw: Tastes like cabbage that's been soaked in vinegar. It has crunch, but that's about all it has. 4. The French Fries. Meh. Bland. And all this is glopped together, sliced, and served, rather unceremoniously, on wax paper. Many see this as Down n' Dirty or Good Ol' Boy style. No Frills. Truly American. I see it as Not Much To Brag About.
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Poor Quality, rude employees, My recommendation, is the save up the extra funds and buy retail (if you have to have Coach.
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The service was extraordinary! ESPECIALLY for Vegas, where I've been disappointed time after time. (We go out at least once a week, and find the service in this city atrocious). Water, check, bread basket, yummy, check, attentive service, check, great drinks, check... JB ordered the special, some kind of creole Mahi Mahi which he found excellent. (I don't eat fish, but it was beautifully presented) and a caesar salad, which was the real deal. A friend and I'd had a late lunch so we shared a basket of fries (nice fresh cut fries) and I ordered the Tortola Tortilla Soup, wonderfully filling, very generous bowl, savory and our friend ordered the Cooper Island Crab Bisque, which she thoroughly enjoyed. It's a bit pricey, but worth an occasional splurge. Live steel drum music, and I was transported to an island or the Florida Keys... aaaahhhhhhhh! Lovely.
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I really loved my server Ashley and the lit Eiffel Tower in the center of the restaurant. Now for the bad part. We ordered the spinach/frisee salad, duck confit with white bean cassoulet and steak with "frites" Two drinks were ordered: a bloody mary and a french martini recommended by Ashley. Both drinks were well prepared and strong. The spinach/frisee salad was fresh with bacon dressing, a poached egg and lardons. It was fresh but nothing to write home about. The duck leg confit was ABYSMAL. While my husband was eating I saw his unenthused expression, so decided to take a taste of it. THE DUCK LEG HE WAS SERVED HAD TO HAVE BEEN SITTING AROUND THEIR REFRIGATOR FOR A WHILE PRIOR TO BEING SERVED. I cannot believe that Zinc Bistro would serve such an unappetizing, unflavorful , dry "meat". When we got home, I asked my husband why he didn't tell the waitress how bad his food was and his answer was that he didn't want to spoil my birthday dinner. I would have been kicking and screaming before I would eat anything so vile. My steak and frites were NOTHING LIKE I AM USED TO IN PARIS!!! The steak was cooked medium rare, au poivre but the meat had no flavor whatsoever. It also had an excessive amount of peppercorns. A person who sat across from us returned his steak because of this. I have eaten steak au poivre many times both in the US and abroad. This is definitely an excessive use of peppercorns. None of the restaurants I have experienced do it this way. Doesn't mean that Zinc Bistro can't be unique. But, it must be unique and edible. The frites were a total disappointment. They could NOT HAVE BEEN FROM FRESH POTATOES---NO WAY, NO HOW . No WAY, NO HOW... HOW MANY TIMES CAN I SAY THIS? In Parisian bistros the frites or fries are to die for---simply sprinkled with salt and they are amazing. Zinc Bistro's fries had this or that sprinkled on them but this did not improve the lack of flavor from the potato. OMG, what can I say about a restaurant that charges more than a Parisian bistro but none of its flavor. One saving grace was that they gave me a complementary mini-chocolate souflee as I was celebrating my birthday. Zinc Bistro management.... check that duck confit dish.... go into the kitchen right now and taste it. Get ready to spit it out. I am feeling super-uber guilty that my husband ate that vile dish and kept quiet about it so he wouldn't spoil my birthday dinner. Zinc Bistro, how long can this quality of food continue before Scottsdale patrons realize that they are not eating anything like what is served in a Parisian Bistro. I have to give Zinc Bistro one star--earned by Ashley and the complementary chocolate souffle.
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