Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Stone Creek Dining Company - @@@

Went to this restaurant last night as we wanted to try something not as close to the hotel. I was pleasantly surprised at how it turned out. 

While not the best restaurant, it was a slightly more upscale casual place if that makes sense. More variety and better decor than your chain restaurants, I think it's a good local place to try. 

For dinner I had the twin grilled pork chops. They admittedly were dry, but were attempted to cover that up with a peach-onion marmalade. I promptly scraped that to the side. The potatoes were a white cheddar au gratin which came in a huge chunk that was not warm throughout. Odd. Also had a side of garlic green beans that were cooked fresh and had good minced garlic taste. All in all, not the greatest dinner but the white chicken chili soup for starter was quite good. In fact as I am typing, probably the best thing I had. 

So why 3 out of 5? First the location was pretty cool and local; we were on the corner if a somewhat busy intersection and could just gaze down Main St. Also coworkers claimed their seafood was good; a large claim since they are from the east coast. Also they did have an extensive American food menu (pasta, sandwiches, steaks, chicken) and the like and would be interested in trying more stuff out. One thing I did think they did too much was overdo items. Like I said, the menu had lots of items but no consistency. I read almost 10 different types of potatoes, but the sides page only listed like 4. If I didn't read the menu, I would've missed out (green beans as example too). Also their bread and oil dip had 8ish ingredients. Good, yes. Necessary? Probably not. For the record it was olive oil, jalapeƱos, balsamic, sun dried tomatoes, and a few other items that could be thought of as too much. But I would go back, especially over the Bravo's, Rusty Bucket, etc close to the hotel. 

  1. 9386 Montgomery Rd
    Montgomery, OH 45242