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Review of SILVER FOX STEAK HOUSE

On Saturday July 8, 2017, we walked into the Silve...

On Saturday July 8, 2017, we walked into the Silver Fox Steakhouse, on University Drive. It is a nice venue, comfortable but not stuffy and very lively on a Saturday evening.

Our server Gabriel offered us the wine menu and brought out some bread and butter that was very warm and good. The wine list is well selected - not overly long but a good selection of various styles. I chose their Franciscan blend called Equilibrium. I enjoyed the entire glass , but found it to be pricy. (I looked it up while sitting there and it sells for about $15. My glass cost $14. Actually, most of the menu was pricy. Examples include the prime NY strip at $47 and the bone in prime ribeye (which I was seriously eyeing) at $48 led me to choose a less expensive alternative.

Upon looking at the menu we were impressed by the awesome selection of appetizers and meals. It was not that there were too many items, but that the items they did have sounded very good. Like crab cakes, scallops, ahi tuna, onion rings, lobster bisque, and more.

To start, she chose lobster bisque and I selected the scallops. The scallops came very nicely seared and hot. Some might say that they were overcooked, but I liked them just the way they were. Sad to say that the sauce they were in was cool and that really took away from the enjoyment of good hot scallops. One of them also had not been cleaned well enough and has some sandy crunch to it that was unpleasant. Her lobster bisque was just not good. It was lukewarm at best, was a bit too thick, and, most important, had very little flavor of any kind, least of all Lobster. She actually sent the bisque back.

On to the entrees for the evening. She requested the Petite Filet while I ordered the smaller portion of Prime Rib. My prime rib was very good and cooked exactly to order as was her filet. She was particularly pleased with both the flavor and the tenderness of her filet. It was a small filet but she ate avery bite of it. On the other hand, my small prime rib was actually quite large and I could not finish it all. There was enough that it was well worth getting a to go box for it. My entree came with mashed potatoes and snap peas. The peas were warm, but they hadn't been cooked at all. I am a soft vegetable lover, so these were basically inedible for me. The warm gravy Gabriel served over the potatoes was excellent (and hot).

Overall, there were ups and downs through our meal. And the name may be SILVER Fox, but I think you need to be a PLATINUM level customer to frequent the Fox.