Eating Uptown Series… Part Four – BLT Steakhouse

Happy Friday folks! Today I lunched with our MBA interns at work (their last day!) at the fabulous BLT Steakhouse located inside the Ritz, here in the Queen city.. BLT is one of my husband and my favorite restaurants. We love their food, the service and the ambiance of the space. The mood usually at dinner at BLT is very refined.. You are bound to see men in jackets and women in heels and fancy attire.. If you know me, yeah, that’s my kind of a place….

My husband and I usually enjoy a steak dinner but we also love the chef’s concept on veggies. Their asparagus and the jalapeno mashed potatoes are one of my favorites. Not to forget they do a fabulous job on their hen of the woods mushrooms too.. I have NEVER had a bad meal with them.

So, I was very excited to have lunch there today. As always they brought in the Gruyere popovers as complimentary start to our meal. (One per person ONLY please! It’s $2 if you want to get extra). If you have never tried these beauties.. I highly recommend wearing a button down shirt just for these.. They are AMAZING!.. Light, Egg-y, and so delish! A light smear of butter and a lil sprinkle of sea salt and you’ll be in Heaven.. Food heaven. I’m planning on making these soon ..Will share the recipe when I do so.

Complimentary Gruyere popovers for the table

Served with butter and sea salt.

The 3 men I was lunching with ordered the Moody blue burger. Look at the picture below. I didn’t taste it but the guys DEVOURED that thing in minutes.. I did however try the fries.. We had what I call “skinny” fries which were tossed in garlic and herbs.. Very flavorful. .and then we also had the steak fries which were plumper, shorter more starchier version of the skinny ones.. I believe they were coated in simple salt..Very good.. Hey, you can never go wrong with fried potatoes.. 🙂

Moody Blue burger.. looks so good.
7oz. Grilled CAB Burger / Moody Blue Vein Cheese
Balsamic Caramelized Onions / Mushrooms

Ahmm.. I am not a big fan of the pink center in my burger but the men devoured it!

Chopped vegetable salad
With shrimp…
Chopped Vegetable Salad / Oregano Dressing

The salad was HUGE!! Lettuce, cherry tomatoes, frisee lettuce, corn, avocado, radishes, olives, .. The list goes on.. The dressing was very light.. tangy and I really didn’t taste the oregano.. refreshing anyway. The shrimps (2 shrimps on the salad) on top were very plump and fleshy.. Grilled and chilled.. Lightly seasoned with Cajun spices.. I enjoyed them.. I was bummed though after eating both my shrimps under 10 sec.. I wanted more.. Especially since the salad cost me about $19.. 🙁

Oh well.. Still not disappointed with the food or the service.. BLT steakhouse is definitely on the higher end of restaurants here in the city but let the prices not scare you away. You will be in for a treat when you do decide to go there… Check them out around restaurant week when they have specials.. If you are looking for a fancy dinner date space or even a business lunch, you will be well taken care of at BLT.

Enjoy!!

Next up —- Finding hidden gems uptown.. Send me your suggestions and I will check those out for you..