Long Overdue Dinner Date

Despite the craziness of last weekend, I did manage to end the weekend exhausted, but on a good note.

After Matthew got out of work, we roamed up and down Rush Street to find a decent eatery to have our long overdue dinner date. With "life" happening, we didn't have an actual dinner date in the city of Chicago even after nearly 6 months of me living here...

Only after a couple of blocks and a couple of menu-reads, we ended up in Tavern on Rush.

I had a half dozen Prince Edward Island Oysters (yum!) and Matthew ordered the heirloom tomato salad with fresh mozzarella.

For our entrée, we shared the Chateaubriand, a filet mignon that was carved tableside along with perfectly grilled vegetables.

Courtesy of the bar manager who Matthew had become acquaintances with working at Le Bar in the Sofitel Water Tower, our dessert was complimentary. Tiramisu & mango sorbet...

 

 

It was the most calming dinners I have had in quite some time. We were seated over at the balcony overlooking the rumored "viagra triangle." 

My ideal dining out experience consists not only of good food, but a perfectly suiting ambiance with the people I adore...and this was definitely one of those. 


PS. Matt is the definition of a meat-and-potatoes guy, with a more "sophisticated" palate who has a great appreciation for simple food with good ingredients...except for seafood. However, I did get him to try one of my oysters. This is what he thought:

"Why would anyone eat that?"