Grill 23 is an attractive, multistoried dinning room in downtown Boston that came to me with a recomendation of being the best place for streak in Boston. I had been planning to try Todd English's grill place, but opted instead to try his Kingfish Hall, and so Grill 23 got its day.
Service was sharp and the air of professionalism was enhanced by the white coats the serving staff wear. I had an excellent view of the open kitchen from my seat, and watching the enormous number of covers being catered too, and the manic way the plates were being finished off before being dashed out to patrons, certainly put an edge on my appetite. As restaurant theatre goes this was up there with the best.
Jay Murray can be proud of his kitchen in other ways too.
Starters were pleasant enough - a good raw bar was offered and a miso-mushroom soup was reportedly excellent - but the meat of the matter (oops, pun) was the steak. I ordered off the selection of cuts available at $33 each, and went for a dish with the provocatively named 1970's sauce. Ok, I had too once the waiter revealed the sauce was so named because "it's not been fashionable since the 70s." I can't see why, it had a nice smokey flavour that worked well with the Brandt Natural Beef.
I continue to be surprised how many top US restaurant offer S'mores styled deserts. I passed on that one and went with a rhubard crisp that had a hint of the German about it, rather than the crumbles we have here in the UK.
There's not a lot to say about the food my companions had - it was all steak, and all apparently great.
No cheese in sight though, which seemed weird. Is it not common in the USA for people to eat cheese after a meal?
Overall, Grill 23 impressed. Ok, there's a couple of other steak places in town with a good pedigree that I've yet to try, but those recomendations that say this one's the best? I could believe them.
The cheque was ~$300 for 4 inc. wine.
http://www.grill23.com/
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