So- went with special, Lamb stew. had gnocchi in it which we know I usually don't dig, but this was not so gag inducing. I ate about half of them and then picked out everything else. Meat was tender, the gravy was really nice. I can't remember at all what the wait-dude said went into it. No one did dessert, thus that portion of the menu remains untested.
I can say though that Benjy's is very much on top of filling the water and tea. And, I never thought I would say this, so much so it is in fact very annoying. If you use sugar forget it. The minute you get the balance right the guy swoops in and fills your glass. At one point I was forced to do a very aggressive hand-over-the-glass manuever to keep away the refill. It was so frequent my iced tea never once got even as far as half full. It was like two sips, refill. 4 sips, refill. My next strategy was just to act like i was drinking my tea everytime the guy came around. While on the one hand I greatly admire and appreciate the attention to the refill, on the other hand this was totally nutso refilling. I felt like the refill dude should have just been eating with us he was at our table so often.
Pic is not the best. I mean its stew so really, how nice can it look? Ultimately chili and stew look like bowls of mud at best. Do not let it fool you. It was the shizz. I'll just put this out there, I like lamb. For the most part no one can cook it worth a damn other than a lamb chop. I mean how hard is it to cook one of those? However, anything else seems to befuddle the majority of kitchens. Perhaps it is the quality as well. Whatever the constributing factors were here, the results were very nice indeed, and I thank you for that Benjy's.
4 out of 5. I shall return.
