Eighty Acres Kitchen & Bar

Got tonight's special walleye on a bed of crispy white corn nipples arugula lightly sauteed chopped zucchini flavored and the walley topped with pickled sweet onion. Also had a spread of black gralic ailoi. Hubby had Ribeye grilled to perfect MW, flavored smash potstoe and broccoli. Delish.

My husband and I could not wait to try Eighty Acers, we thought it would be a hidden gem. The pork wings for an appetizer were fantastic. Such a unique and simple way of putting a new spin on wings and pork. We were so excited for round two and maybe even dessert. My husband ordered short rib which he happily tries at every restaurant and we cook at home quite a bit. Unfortunately this short rib seemed like it came from a crock pot. The broth was watered-down where as it could have been in a beautiful thicken reduction filled with an aroma of red wine, instead it was murky juice. The carrots were cute but the potatoes were lacking. I ordered the bolognese.....oy! There was nothing fresh about this sauce and I swear the water the noodles were cooked in wasn't even salted. No flavor explosions in my mouth of garlic, onion or tomato and the meat was very grainy. This two meals lack passion.... salt, pepper, garlic and freshness.

We went on steak night. The medium rare ordered ribeye came out not even rare. When I politely asked to have it cooked a little more, it came back 10 minutes later the right color but the consistency of leather. I suspect it was microwaved. Mac and cheese was underwelming and potatoes on the other meal were undercooked/hard. One star because I've never screwed up a $5 steak that bad myself, let alone a $37 steak.