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| Gibsons Steakhouse |
If you ever find yourself in Rosemont, Illinois, does yourself a favor and head on over to Gibson’s Bar And Steak House for dinner. It’s just across the street from the Donald E. Stephens convention center.
If you get there before 6pm, you should be able to find a table. After 6, expect a long wait as the restaurant. We have been here several times before over the years. We made it before six and our hostess seated us and our waiter was over in a few minutes to take our drink and dinner order.
I ordered the Filet Mignon, (Here is a tip for you diners out there: If the restaurant has “Steak” in its name, you order the steak for your meal) The price of my entre was $33.00 plus a diet soda.
The Filet was a solid 8 ounce size, cooked to my specifications, and they nailed it. It was full of flavor, tender, juicy, and cut like butter.
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| Roll And Butter |
Don’t worry, I didn’t forget about the rolls and bread that came with the Filet. The steak was just that good. The bread was also very good, a pretzel style bread roll that when topped with butter, was very tasty indeed.
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| Hash Browns |
Instead of the atomic size baked potato that is a popular side dish option, I went off the grid and selected the house home style potatoes, or hash browns as many people know them by. The portion was generous, the potatoes hot and well cooked, and was a good variation from the standard baked potato.
What you see here was $36.00 before tip. When you look at the 8 ounce Filet, the rolls, and the hash browns, the price was in line. Add top shelf service, a clean restaurant, and you have a fantastic experience and meal.
The Grassy Knoll Institute scores 4.25 out of 5 shots and recommends Gibsons Bar and steak house in Rosemont for dinner.
Max Jackl said
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Gibsons huh, I will try them if we ever hit Chicago. Are they better than Mortons?
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LOTGK said
February 15, 2011 at 11:35 pm e
Well, Morton’s is very expensive, and yes, it is a great Filet, but Gibson’s holds their own.
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Gumby said
February 14, 2011 at 1:15 pm e
Just to compare, I can buy 36 McDonalds double cheeseburgers for the same cost of this meal.
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LOTGK said
February 15, 2011 at 11:38 pm e
Don’t forget to save a few bucks for the defibrillator to restart your heart after the ultimate happy meal.
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Moominboy said
March 5, 2011 at 10:23 am e
There is nothing to compare the scale of the steak with but I assume it was of adequate size? Looks juicy too! Not sure what those hash browns are. You mentioned potatoes but there seems to be more?
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LOTGK said
March 6, 2011 at 8:28 pm e
Yes, it was a 9 ounce steak before cooked. Fairly good size. Hash Browns are potatoes, usually sliced and diced thinly, then fried up in oil or butter to a golden brown, almost crunchy.
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Moominboy said
March 7, 2011 at 12:50 pm e
Ah interesting way of preparing them. Gotta love potatoes, they are so flexible
Oh and I recently moved to southern Sweden. This town has a way better choice of food than Stockholm. And as usually I forgot to take pictures
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LOTGK said
March 11, 2011 at 6:44 pm e
I’m Irish, I know all about the flexibility of the potato.
One day you will remember, and I will be happy when you send the pics.