Capital City Grill
Posted on October 19, 2009
I had the opportunity to stop at a new restaurant here in Lincoln for lunch the other day, the Capital City Grill. Just opened last week, they’re located in the Haymarket in the old Magnolia’s location. The interior is nice, basically exactly the same as it was when it was Magnolia’s. It was rather chilly inside though. The restaurant was very lonely. At one point I was literally the only person in there, when the bartender stepped outside and the waiter went into the kitchen.
The lunch menu was a little small but had a good variety of options, including some intriguing risotto bowls, and a lunch-sized steak au poivre. I ordered a hamburger with pepper bacon, Havarti, and BBQ sauce, and a side of sea salt and pepper seasoned french fries. It came with a tomato slice and some mixed greens, which I liked rather than a single piece of lettuce. The burger was very good, big and meaty. The only downside was that there was way too much BBQ sauce on the sandwich; on the first bite the sauce plotzed all over my plate and splashed my shirt. Perhaps a thicker sauce or less of it. The fries were so-so, not bad but not particularly impressive.
The one thing they need to work on is their procedures. The waiter stumbled when he first greeted me and forgot what to say. The bartender’s mobile phone rang a couple times while I was in there. And while I was waiting for my food, my waiter was sitting a few tables away eating his lunch, where he apparently thought I couldn’t see. I do hope he washed his hands.
However, I do intend to give it another try sometime. Maybe get a steak or something.
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