Sonny Lubick Steakhouse

My wife and I went to Sonny Lubicks the second week it was open. For the most part, we liked the change in decor from the old Catacombs, but the addition of televisions takes away from the intimacy of the bar.

We were seated right away at a nice little table and waited...and waited...and waited. The restaurant looked adequately staffed and we couldn't figure out why it took over twenty minutes to get the attention of the waiter. Then we figured it out. For some reason, they have decided to mix and toss all of their salads by hand at the tables (including caesar salads). This "feature" completely bogs down the entire process. Frankly, the salads were the least impressive part of the meal. The lettuce of the dinner salad is regular iceberg lettuce and the topping choices weren't particularly original. I have no idea why they chose to do this. Do they think it adds class to the dinner? Bewildering.

The rest of the meal was pretty good. I had the ribeye, which was overcooked on one side but otherwise good and my wife's filet was good. Having said that, it might have been good because it was over an hour before we got our salads and roughly an hour and a half before we got our entrees. The wine list is good and reasonably priced.