Another Meal at Acacia Mid-town

It's unusual for us to go back to a restaurant so soon, but Acacia Mid-town features 1/2 price wine night on Tuesdays. We were both off on Wednesday this week. Woo hoo!


My previous post talked about Acacia holding forth with grays and greens. We sat in a slightly more lit area and the colors are actually browns with green accents. The place buzzed. A big group held forth in the back and during the mingling phase, the place was quite loud. Once they sat down to dinner, the noise level reduced somewhat.

We tried different sumptuous cocktails - Basil Smash (a grown-up version of whiskey sour) and Thomas Street Maple (whiskey, fernet branca, maple syrup). Delicious! Our waitress gave us plenty of time to enjoy our drinks and strategize our food and wine pairings.

After some agonizing minutes we decided to order the 2005 Simi Landslide Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley ($29 for the half price evening). Bright on the front of the tongue with a tannic coating mid-palate. Lots of tastiness that our mouths and pocketbooks appreciated.


Acacia Mid-town also featured a 3 course prix fixe menu for $23. While tempting (and a bargain - especially when the wine is 1/2 price, too), we ordered from the main menu, which changes up from day to day.

I had to get the parsnip and pear soup again (no shrimp this time). And it still did not dissappoint.

My husband had to try the fried oysters. And he loved them.

On the entree front, we selected the same thing and veered towards the basic - Grilled sirloin with local roasted potatoes and a spinach salad stuffed onion ring.

The steak was excellent. Very tender and a very nice cut of beef (and very generous portions). The potatoes were good - nothing special, but an expected accompaniment. The spinach salad featured a honey mustard dressing inside a huge, crispy onion ring. I liked it, but my spouse quickly tired of the dressing (he's not a huge fan of mustard).

I could not finish my steak and had no room for dessert, but we peeked at it anyway. My hubby found room for a Chicory Chocolate Cake with Olive Oil Ice Cream. He still is a sucker for ice cream. This time the ice cream was not very sweet (it reminded me of intensely cold and thick, unsweetened whipped cream with a hint of olive) and while he enjoyed the cake, it did not knock his socks off. He had also been tempted by the Maple Creme Brulee - If any of you try it in the next few weeks, let me know how it tastes.

Sometimes going back to a place so soon can lead to heartache. Not this time. We enjoyed our 2nd experience just as much as our first. And if we can swing it, we need to dine on Tuesdays to enjoy more 1/2 price wines.