I have been their twice and the eggplant fries are so good! Love the atmosphere. The staff are wonderful and the food is great. I recommend it highly.
How awful that it's even drawing a crowd from outside Waldo! (see my rolling eyeballs) Tried it one night with friends and seriously enjoyed every drop and morsel!! Don't ask why-just get the eggplant fries...
Perhaps I need to go back, but I was not impressed when I visited this place shortly after it opened. The only thing that was really worthwhile at the time was the brownie waffle; it was so good we had two at our table of four, although none of us liked the bourbon ice cream, and not because it tasted of bourbon; it just didn't taste good. The marscapone ice cream was silkier and just more flavorful.
Everything else we tried was just ok, including the housemade specialty drinks. Our cocktails were served lukewarm, even though they had been shaken over ice (not sure how one accomplishes that).
Anyway, perhaps I will chalk that up to them being new and having kinks to work out, so maybe I will go back. I do agree though that Waldo wasn't broken, but if the food can be consistently good, this place may not be a bad addition to the neighborhood.
With a name like REMEDY, is a place called REHAB far behind?
PS: Near the UT Medical School in San Antonio, there is (or was) a place called ICU.
Trimthefat is damn funny with the Mayella Ewell imitation...."Up here in Walder we don't want yer kind 'round here with all yer faincy hot dawgs and yer high-falutin' fellas with their shiny nickels! Your fancy airs don't come to nothin' – your ma'amin' and Miss Mayellerin' don't come to NOTHIN'!"
The Irish Car Bomb and Tapout t-shirt crowd will never have a shortage of places to drink and Sysco is in no imminent danger with one less place to drop off frozen wings. Remedy is a very unpretentious neighborhood spot run by people who want to do right by the people who live there. You aren't going to find a more approachable chef than Max. The food is thoughtful and it's good. The prices are in a range where we can head there on a whim during the week with minimal fiscal damage, or make it a date night on the weekend. I lived in Waldo for about ten years, and this would have been exactly the type of place where I would have been a regular.
I guess I have to give some slack as the wave of discontent over Kennedy's subsides, but it takes a real asshole to basically say "Hey, local chefs serving local, seasonal food to my neighborhood, I hope you fail".
This was exactly what our neighborhood needed! Ney-sayers should keep in mind that with a menu based on local and seasonal items, there will be changes made to perfect and fix the menu.
We have *plenty* of places in Waldo (I can see 5 from my front door, plus many not visible from my doorstep) where you can grab some grease and suds... what we are lacking is 1) local/crafted food and 2) family friendly dining.
When my husband and I went in to check them out I wasn't even hungry, but we shared oysters (on special), eggplant fries, and the brownie waffle... Yum, Yum, Yum... not a crumb was left. I wish they sold their apple bourbon ice cream by the pint!
Real Waldo residents want this place to go away. The owners are arrogant and cocky. Prior to opening, all they did was hang around Kennedy's late night and talk about the endless amounts of money they had. Not really what residents in this working class neighborhood want to hear. Remedy, please go away so all of us in the neighborhood can move on to our recovery phase. The newness will eventually fade and hopefully, Remedy will move on to the next neighborhood where they don't belong. We want an unpretentious place where we can all go to see our friends, get a bite to eat, and have a few beers. I can guarantee you when most people in this city are looking for an "upscale" menu, they're not looking to go to 75th and Washington. They will always return to the staples: downtown, Plaza, Leawood, etc.
I wish they had at least one vegetarian sandwich or wrap.
I've eaten here. I tried the Falafel, the corn dogs, and the Pork Shoulder. I personally ate the Burger with the Eggplant fries. Good food, I would eat here again and again. The beer menu is limited, but there are at least great selections, the Hefe Weisbeer is awesome.
I love this place. I have eaten there at least six times since it opened and have taken friends with me several times. Unfortunately, I ate there last Wednesday (only meal I ate that day) and became very sick (sparing the details) a couple of hours afterwards. A week later, and I still can't eat much, and I feel like hell. Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I'll give them another shot if I ever recover. Yeah, it's THAT good.
Especially love the carrot fettucine (though I think that's what made me sick, it tasted good going down) and the beet salad and the eggplant fries and the cauliflower. Hmmm.
$4 a bite on the crab cake? Maybe half that price and that's stuffing your mouth full. Slow down and enjoy your meal Charles. It's one of the best crab cakes I've ever had and actually a steal of a deal, especially @ $7 at Happy Hour.
Your friend's description of it as a clubhouse is near perfect. I would add "faux hipster" to her adjectival phrase.
I've had nothing but good experiences with The Beacon. Been there three times. Love the Fried Chicken Po Boy. Great menu item. Salmon BLT - awesome. And, the place is very reasonably priced. We have had our daughter (less than a year old) with us each time and Whitten has personally come over and said hi each time.
Michael Forbes needs to take a few cues from Whitten and The Beacon. Food quality, atmosphere and price point all beat out Michael Forbes big time. I compare the two because they're both brookside area "bar and grilles".
Keep up the good work.
Though BoLings is fairly enjoyable from food quality and options (dim sum/traditional cantonese dishes), the fare is way overpriced. As a Chinese-American, I much prefer Jen Jen's and ABC Cafe for Hong Kong/authentic Cantonese/Chinese dishes and Pine & Bamboo Garden for dim sum.
I recently moved to the neighborhood, and I was pretty excited when The Beacon opened thinking "maybe this can be my neighborhood hang out." I've been there to try it four different times, each with a different experience.
The first time was in their first quarter, I had a very good salad at lunch, but thought to myself that the prices might be a bit high to frequent The Beacon enough to become a "regular."
The second time was during All-Star weekend. It drew me in because they were offering happy hour prices. I split the brie artichoke dip and pork sliders with a friend over some drinks. The waiter was attentive, the food tasted great, but for a happy hour, I still thought it was a bit pricy because they cut the portions when they cut the prices. However, I forgave the prices because the quality of ingredients was high and everything tasted great.
The third time I walked over for an evening beer and snack with a friend. We ordered wings and hummus, and we were the only table in there on a Friday evening at 9pm. Not quite the happening spot we thought it might be, but we were content with watching the game and chatting to ourselves. The food took about 30 minutes to come out of the kitchen. They ran out of wings so we received half the order we normally would, and the hummus had so much pepper in it I couldn't even eat it - I sneezed. Several times. The waiter apologized and comped us the meal, which was very gracious, but it was a huge disappointment.
A few weeks later I decided to give it another shot when I was supposed to meet some friends at another place nearby and it was too busy. We got a pitcher and some apps (NOT the hummus) and our service was great and the food tasted good. Almost every table top was taken, too. It was much more enjoyable!
I'm not a private school graduate, but I am a young professional that appreciates good food and quality ingredients, particularly when they are within walking distance from my home. However, good food paired with better prices would definitely increase my frequency of walking over. I'm looking forward to checking out the new specials!
I'm not saying they couldn't make it. Only that it is not the focus. The drink menu is fairly modern with housemade bitters and infusions. My argument isnt that they don't have that clientelle, but rather that they didn't design the restaurant for that clientelle.
Menu? Bullshit. Any good bartender can make a stinger, a grasshopper or a daiquiri -- I still can and I haven't been a bartender for over a decade. If you don't believe me, ask Shawn Moriarty.
It's not Port Fonda, but I think the assessment of the decor and clientelle might be a bit harsh. It's a neighborhood place in a neighborhood that isn't full of starter homes and apartment buildings. This limits the number of younger people who are going to stumble in, but not the appeal to them. I like the restaurant quite a bit and have never felt out of place. Nor did I see any of the drinks you mentioned on the menu.
The food and drinks are well above average. It is not built to be in Westport. It is a neighborhood joint that is far nicer and livelier than most than most in the city. It is not following the current trend of hipster restaurants serving tongues and tails, but I think it will outlast most of those on that bandwagon by providing a place that all of the guests can feel comfortable and enjoy their meal.
Roni's a friend aof mine also. And as much as I hated to not love it, here's the UrbanSpoon review I left..Murray's Tables & Tap, South Kansas City, Kansas City
Good-but good enough???
by foodsnob (630 reviews)
Somewhat pricey though the food is more upscale then eating at Bogey's across the street. Not sure I would consider it a destinatiion restaurant but if you are in the area the food is quite good. Went with my husband, I had a crab cake and a side of spinach with mushrooms; he had a philly cheese steak and a side of potato salad. The atmosphere and the service was on par. The decor was nice though it did give me the feeling of being in a upscale renovated Denny's (I ran that analogy by my husband though and he didn't agree). I think in order to make it they are going to need to make some pricing adjustments, or just tweeks in the menu. I will go back, and I do think the food was very good but I can understand if some people were disappointed.
Re: “Waldo wasn't sick, but it's getting a Remedy anyway”
Food Ok - Service Average - Bar Sucks