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Bern's Steakhouse... OMG

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Originally posted by: SlickSnake
an amazing bottle of Argentina wine price unknown
Must be Shens brand. Argentina is only one of the largest exporters of wine in the world, with like 34,000 wineries in it. Amazing!

an amazing foie gras appetizer price$15.95-18.95 Shens again! Greasy duck livers? I can barely eat fried chicken livers with ketchup! But with "Napa Valley Merlot reduction" it has to be amazing!

an amazing salad, price$6.95 (looks to be lettuce and dressing only, Amazing!)
What is so amazing about eating rabbit food? Almost zero prep time, just dump on some random ingredients and a special Shens alcoholic dressing from a 5 gallon jug. Amazing!

an amazing 12 oz rare (warm center) Delmonico steak, price $44.14
Mmmm, that's tasty! And the best part is you pay them a lot of money, to serve it raw for you! Just like the Shens salad! Almost zero prep time! Amazing! I mean, GROSS! They age their beef for up to 8 weeks and you want it raw? Ugh is just an understatement for a $35-80 cut of raw 8 week old beef.
"Why do we ?age? steaks? When you consider
the cost, the work, and the waste, is it
really worthwhile to age beef a long time?
Most people and most eating places say beef
is aged when it is one or two weeks old.
We have found that extra-extra quality beef
continues to improve for five, six, seven, eight
weeks. Like great wines that improve for 50
years, great beef gets sweeter, more tender,
and acquires a taste that cannot be duplicated,
except with proper age.
This is our kind of beef and it?s extremely
expensive. We pay more in the beginning and
we throw away more in the end.
And the meat, in the meantime, demands
very special care. Each piece must be stored at
exacting temperatures, with controlled
humidity, and exceptionally fine circulation.
It has already been paid for, and it keeps
shrinking all the time.
Why do we ?age? steaks so long?
We think it?s all worthwhile when one single
customer tells us he?s eaten ?everywhere? and
ours is the ?best.? It?s all in the taste."
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amazing tiramisu price unknown
"A less glamorous theory explains that the dessert was a way of salvaging old cake and coffee that had gone cold by using the leftover coffee and perhaps some liqueur to moisten the dry cake. The dish was greatly improved by layering it with cream or cream cheese."
Ok, never had it, that just sounds gross. Amazing!
"Tiramisu
A classic dessert with fresh lady fingers soaked in Kahlua, Myers Rum, Amaretto & Bern's roasted coffee. Surrounded by a rich but light Mascarpone cream. Served with Espresso Anglaise and chocolate sauce."
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After that description, it sounds a bit better. And good for a buzz! Amazing!

and an absolutely amazing 1966 scotch (which was fairly inexpensive considering how old and good it was).. price unknown
Ok, no Shens scotch there. It might have actually been "amazing" there were some excellent scotches of that period.

So that gives you 2 amazing out of 6 on the dining side. But the most amazing part of all, was you left plastered!

That place looks like eating in a French tomb decorated from a French thrift store from the website pics. All those giant cameo portraits in the dining room would give me the creeps. And the desert room looks kind of like seating at a Las Vegas brothel.

Even the Epicurean Hotel looks like a giant mausoleum.

However, the SideBurn's (little sister???) restaurant looks inviting. I might eat there, if I felt like eating in a giant morgue. Why do so many restaurants and hotels think they are automatically upscale by using this ugly clash of architecture all the time? What a hideous clash of styles. Modern meets art deco meets French mausoleum/brothel.

I am glad you enjoyed it, and can't wait to go back, but you wouldn't catch me dead in there, pardon the pun. And a few of their menu items did look appetizing, if I had 3 or 4 hundred to throw down for a meal for 2. I bet I could go to Disney world and have a lot more fun for that kind of scratch. And it would be worth at least 10 amazings in one post afterwards.
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What an AMAZING Douche bag!
 
Last time I was there would have been back in the early '90s. Do they still have the wierd dessert rooms where you can watch the piano guy on CCTV? Granted, the decor is pretty ridiculous, but the food IS excellent. It certainly ranks up there with the best steakhouses in the country (note: I did not say it was the best).

 
Originally posted by: Howard
SlickSnake has already shown himself to be a bag of douche. I wouldn't pay attention to him.
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a day at disneyland > a nice steak meal. lawl

someone needs to write a script to block him (just like for jlgatsby)
 
Originally posted by: SlickSnake
an amazing bottle of Argentina wine price unknown
Must be Shens brand. Argentina is only one of the largest exporters of wine in the world, with like 34,000 wineries in it. Amazing!

an amazing foie gras appetizer price$15.95-18.95 Shens again! Greasy duck livers? I can barely eat fried chicken livers with ketchup! But with "Napa Valley Merlot reduction" it has to be amazing!

an amazing salad, price$6.95 (looks to be lettuce and dressing only, Amazing!)
What is so amazing about eating rabbit food? Almost zero prep time, just dump on some random ingredients and a special Shens alcoholic dressing from a 5 gallon jug. Amazing!

an amazing 12 oz rare (warm center) Delmonico steak, price $44.14
Mmmm, that's tasty! And the best part is you pay them a lot of money, to serve it raw for you! Just like the Shens salad! Almost zero prep time! Amazing! I mean, GROSS! They age their beef for up to 8 weeks and you want it raw? Ugh is just an understatement for a $35-80 cut of raw 8 week old beef.
"Why do we ?age? steaks? When you consider
the cost, the work, and the waste, is it
really worthwhile to age beef a long time?
Most people and most eating places say beef
is aged when it is one or two weeks old.
We have found that extra-extra quality beef
continues to improve for five, six, seven, eight
weeks. Like great wines that improve for 50
years, great beef gets sweeter, more tender,
and acquires a taste that cannot be duplicated,
except with proper age.
This is our kind of beef and it?s extremely
expensive. We pay more in the beginning and
we throw away more in the end.
And the meat, in the meantime, demands
very special care. Each piece must be stored at
exacting temperatures, with controlled
humidity, and exceptionally fine circulation.
It has already been paid for, and it keeps
shrinking all the time.
Why do we ?age? steaks so long?
We think it?s all worthwhile when one single
customer tells us he?s eaten ?everywhere? and
ours is the ?best.? It?s all in the taste."
Click to expand...

amazing tiramisu price unknown
"A less glamorous theory explains that the dessert was a way of salvaging old cake and coffee that had gone cold by using the leftover coffee and perhaps some liqueur to moisten the dry cake. The dish was greatly improved by layering it with cream or cream cheese."
Ok, never had it, that just sounds gross. Amazing!
"Tiramisu
A classic dessert with fresh lady fingers soaked in Kahlua, Myers Rum, Amaretto & Bern's roasted coffee. Surrounded by a rich but light Mascarpone cream. Served with Espresso Anglaise and chocolate sauce."
Click to expand...
After that description, it sounds a bit better. And good for a buzz! Amazing!

and an absolutely amazing 1966 scotch (which was fairly inexpensive considering how old and good it was).. price unknown
Ok, no Shens scotch there. It might have actually been "amazing" there were some excellent scotches of that period.

So that gives you 2 amazing out of 6 on the dining side. But the most amazing part of all, was you left plastered!

That place looks like eating in a French tomb decorated from a French thrift store from the website pics. All those giant cameo portraits in the dining room would give me the creeps. And the desert room looks kind of like seating at a Las Vegas brothel.

Even the Epicurean Hotel looks like a giant mausoleum.

However, the SideBurn's (little sister???) restaurant looks inviting. I might eat there, if I felt like eating in a giant morgue. Why do so many restaurants and hotels think they are automatically upscale by using this ugly clash of architecture all the time? What a hideous clash of styles. Modern meets art deco meets French mausoleum/brothel.

I am glad you enjoyed it, and can't wait to go back, but you wouldn't catch me dead in there, pardon the pun. And a few of their menu items did look appetizing, if I had 3 or 4 hundred to throw down for a meal for 2. I bet I could go to Disney world and have a lot more fun for that kind of scratch. And it would be worth at least 10 amazings in one post afterwards.
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Talk about your Debbie Downers!
 
Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
Originally posted by: SlickSnake
an amazing bottle of Argentina wine price unknown
Must be Shens brand. Argentina is only one of the largest exporters of wine in the world, with like 34,000 wineries in it. Amazing!

an amazing foie gras appetizer price$15.95-18.95 Shens again! Greasy duck livers? I can barely eat fried chicken livers with ketchup! But with "Napa Valley Merlot reduction" it has to be amazing!

an amazing salad, price$6.95 (looks to be lettuce and dressing only, Amazing!)
What is so amazing about eating rabbit food? Almost zero prep time, just dump on some random ingredients and a special Shens alcoholic dressing from a 5 gallon jug. Amazing!

an amazing 12 oz rare (warm center) Delmonico steak, price $44.14
Mmmm, that's tasty! And the best part is you pay them a lot of money, to serve it raw for you! Just like the Shens salad! Almost zero prep time! Amazing! I mean, GROSS! They age their beef for up to 8 weeks and you want it raw? Ugh is just an understatement for a $35-80 cut of raw 8 week old beef.
"Why do we ?age? steaks? When you consider
the cost, the work, and the waste, is it
really worthwhile to age beef a long time?
Most people and most eating places say beef
is aged when it is one or two weeks old.
We have found that extra-extra quality beef
continues to improve for five, six, seven, eight
weeks. Like great wines that improve for 50
years, great beef gets sweeter, more tender,
and acquires a taste that cannot be duplicated,
except with proper age.
This is our kind of beef and it?s extremely
expensive. We pay more in the beginning and
we throw away more in the end.
And the meat, in the meantime, demands
very special care. Each piece must be stored at
exacting temperatures, with controlled
humidity, and exceptionally fine circulation.
It has already been paid for, and it keeps
shrinking all the time.
Why do we ?age? steaks so long?
We think it?s all worthwhile when one single
customer tells us he?s eaten ?everywhere? and
ours is the ?best.? It?s all in the taste."
Click to expand...

amazing tiramisu price unknown
"A less glamorous theory explains that the dessert was a way of salvaging old cake and coffee that had gone cold by using the leftover coffee and perhaps some liqueur to moisten the dry cake. The dish was greatly improved by layering it with cream or cream cheese."
Ok, never had it, that just sounds gross. Amazing!
"Tiramisu
A classic dessert with fresh lady fingers soaked in Kahlua, Myers Rum, Amaretto & Bern's roasted coffee. Surrounded by a rich but light Mascarpone cream. Served with Espresso Anglaise and chocolate sauce."
Click to expand...
After that description, it sounds a bit better. And good for a buzz! Amazing!

and an absolutely amazing 1966 scotch (which was fairly inexpensive considering how old and good it was).. price unknown
Ok, no Shens scotch there. It might have actually been "amazing" there were some excellent scotches of that period.

So that gives you 2 amazing out of 6 on the dining side. But the most amazing part of all, was you left plastered!

That place looks like eating in a French tomb decorated from a French thrift store from the website pics. All those giant cameo portraits in the dining room would give me the creeps. And the desert room looks kind of like seating at a Las Vegas brothel.

Even the Epicurean Hotel looks like a giant mausoleum.

However, the SideBurn's (little sister???) restaurant looks inviting. I might eat there, if I felt like eating in a giant morgue. Why do so many restaurants and hotels think they are automatically upscale by using this ugly clash of architecture all the time? What a hideous clash of styles. Modern meets art deco meets French mausoleum/brothel.

I am glad you enjoyed it, and can't wait to go back, but you wouldn't catch me dead in there, pardon the pun. And a few of their menu items did look appetizing, if I had 3 or 4 hundred to throw down for a meal for 2. I bet I could go to Disney world and have a lot more fun for that kind of scratch. And it would be worth at least 10 amazings in one post afterwards.
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What an AMAZING Douche bag!
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Heh. He must be one of those weirdos who likes their steak well done 😕
 
Originally posted by: elektrolokomotive
Last time I was there would have been back in the early '90s. Do they still have the wierd dessert rooms where you can watch the piano guy on CCTV? Granted, the decor is pretty ridiculous, but the food IS excellent. It certainly ranks up there with the best steakhouses in the country (note: I did not say it was the best).
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Yes. You can still call him on the direct telephone to make a request too. The dessert room is actually owned by a different guy. I don't remember the full details but I think one of the menus or web site will tell the story about that.
 
Originally posted by: SlickSnake
an amazing bottle of Argentina wine price unknown
Must be Shens brand. Argentina is only one of the largest exporters of wine in the world, with like 34,000 wineries in it. Amazing!

an amazing foie gras appetizer price$15.95-18.95 Shens again! Greasy duck livers? I can barely eat fried chicken livers with ketchup! But with "Napa Valley Merlot reduction" it has to be amazing!

an amazing salad, price$6.95 (looks to be lettuce and dressing only, Amazing!)
What is so amazing about eating rabbit food? Almost zero prep time, just dump on some random ingredients and a special Shens alcoholic dressing from a 5 gallon jug. Amazing!

an amazing 12 oz rare (warm center) Delmonico steak, price $44.14
Mmmm, that's tasty! And the best part is you pay them a lot of money, to serve it raw for you! Just like the Shens salad! Almost zero prep time! Amazing! I mean, GROSS! They age their beef for up to 8 weeks and you want it raw? Ugh is just an understatement for a $35-80 cut of raw 8 week old beef.
"Why do we ?age? steaks? When you consider
the cost, the work, and the waste, is it
really worthwhile to age beef a long time?
Most people and most eating places say beef
is aged when it is one or two weeks old.
We have found that extra-extra quality beef
continues to improve for five, six, seven, eight
weeks. Like great wines that improve for 50
years, great beef gets sweeter, more tender,
and acquires a taste that cannot be duplicated,
except with proper age.
This is our kind of beef and it?s extremely
expensive. We pay more in the beginning and
we throw away more in the end.
And the meat, in the meantime, demands
very special care. Each piece must be stored at
exacting temperatures, with controlled
humidity, and exceptionally fine circulation.
It has already been paid for, and it keeps
shrinking all the time.
Why do we ?age? steaks so long?
We think it?s all worthwhile when one single
customer tells us he?s eaten ?everywhere? and
ours is the ?best.? It?s all in the taste."
Click to expand...

amazing tiramisu price unknown
"A less glamorous theory explains that the dessert was a way of salvaging old cake and coffee that had gone cold by using the leftover coffee and perhaps some liqueur to moisten the dry cake. The dish was greatly improved by layering it with cream or cream cheese."
Ok, never had it, that just sounds gross. Amazing!
"Tiramisu
A classic dessert with fresh lady fingers soaked in Kahlua, Myers Rum, Amaretto & Bern's roasted coffee. Surrounded by a rich but light Mascarpone cream. Served with Espresso Anglaise and chocolate sauce."
Click to expand...
After that description, it sounds a bit better. And good for a buzz! Amazing!

and an absolutely amazing 1966 scotch (which was fairly inexpensive considering how old and good it was).. price unknown
Ok, no Shens scotch there. It might have actually been "amazing" there were some excellent scotches of that period.

So that gives you 2 amazing out of 6 on the dining side. But the most amazing part of all, was you left plastered!

That place looks like eating in a French tomb decorated from a French thrift store from the website pics. All those giant cameo portraits in the dining room would give me the creeps. And the desert room looks kind of like seating at a Las Vegas brothel.

Even the Epicurean Hotel looks like a giant mausoleum.

However, the SideBurn's (little sister???) restaurant looks inviting. I might eat there, if I felt like eating in a giant morgue. Why do so many restaurants and hotels think they are automatically upscale by using this ugly clash of architecture all the time? What a hideous clash of styles. Modern meets art deco meets French mausoleum/brothel.

I am glad you enjoyed it, and can't wait to go back, but you wouldn't catch me dead in there, pardon the pun. And a few of their menu items did look appetizing, if I had 3 or 4 hundred to throw down for a meal for 2. I bet I could go to Disney world and have a lot more fun for that kind of scratch. And it would be worth at least 10 amazings in one post afterwards.
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Your post 😕 me, but you've never had tiramisu?!
 
on a side note, my wife and I are planning to hit up Bern's sometime in the spring...
 
Originally posted by: brxndxn
My girlfriend took me to Bern's Steakhouse last night.. Holy crap. It was by far the best restaurant I have ever been to in my life. The tour of the kitchen/wine cellar amazed me.

I had an amazing bottle of wine from Argentina, an amazing Foie Gras appetizer, an amazing salad, an amazing 12 oz rare (warm center) Delmonico steak, amazing tiramisu, and an absolutely amazing 1966 scotch (which was fairly inexpensive considering how old and good it was)..

I never ever thought I could have soo much fun eating at a restaurant for 3 hours. Everything about that place is top notch.

It was sobering to go through the wine cellar and see bottles of wine older than my great grandparents (who are long expired).

http://www.bernssteakhouse.com/

I will be going again!
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Glad you enjoyed it. Doesn't seem a high price for how long you were there, the experience and how much you liked it.

I was there (Bern's) many years ago, was really good then, sounds like it still really good now.

Good restaurants provide memorable times, at leats for me. I was at Bern's about 25 yrs ago & still remember it. Other good places I still remember, a seafood restaurant on the coast near Montpellier (France), Joe's Stone Crabs in Miami, and (forgetting the name at teh moment - ahh it was East Coast Fisheries!) a seafood place on the Miami River, looked like a dump but had fantastic fried grouper. They had their own boats and served the grouper very fresh. Same thing for a place in Appalachiacola FL named Julia Mae's.

Fern
 
Yes! That's amazing.

I'm stunned and simply amazed. I'm definitely going to say that if anyone here is amazed it's !me.
 
Originally posted by: Howard
SlickSnake has already shown himself to be a bag of douche. I wouldn't pay attention to him.
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LOL!

32742 posts and the best you can do is mindlessly insult someone? I did not insult the poster of the topic a bit, only the fact it was so AMAZING. When you are a little drunk, everything just looks AMAZING! That was the most humorous part of his original posting, and a part of it that you obviously weren't getting.

Unfortunately, I am not drunk enough to find your lame attack on me AMAZING! Thanks for boosting your AMAZING post count a bit more at my expense! 😀:wine:
 
Originally posted by: aphex
Originally posted by: SlickSnake
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wow, you came off as a total douche there.
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AMAZING! You and Howard are in total agreement! You both love douches! 31381 posts later, your favorite flame is a douche! AMAZING! I'm sure you make the wife so proud! AMAZING!

Be sure and try their overpriced French douche bag soup when you go, and it is absolutely AMAZING! 😀:wine:
 
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