text: 1/25/2014 - our second visit was almost like a different restaurant, and not in a good way.  Sweet potato soup was excellent, Caesar salad was limp, warm and so underdressed we could almost not tell there was dressing on it.  Three of us had the elk - two were very good, the third had so much gristle in  it it was almost impossible to cut it, much less chew it.  The starch was good that came with it (like a garlic spaetzl), the cabbage and bacon was so unpleasant we all spit it out and would not eat it.  This would have been a good meal for $20.00, for $32 it was disappointing.  Lamb shank was nicely cooked, but bland to the point of tasteless.  My husband liked the pork chop and our 6th diner enjoyed his veal chop.  The bread was delicious.\n\nDesserts were beautifully prepared, but again, quite tasteless.  The cheesecake was old and stale.  I had ordered a cappuccino with schnaps for dessert, which just never arrived.  When I finally asked (after all desserts had been served), the waiter had completely forgotten, then said that the cappuccino machine was broken and he could get me a plain cup of coffee if I wanted (I did not).\n\nReally disappointed in the service.  Because we were a party of six, a 20% gratuity was added to the bill, so perhaps our waiter felt there was no special effort required.  The service was okay - I just expect great service for these prices.  I could not get my hot water refilled for my tea, he did not check to see how the meals were (or we would have mentioned the inedible elk chop).  His mannerisms were so...odd...that two of our diners thought he was making fun of them for their orders (he wasn't..at least I don't think he was).  We were unable to get separate checks, although he finally agreed to split the bill three ways (there were three couples).\n\nI doubt I will be back - $150 is too much to pay for this level of service/quality.  Back to Blue as my go-to fine dining experience.  Too bad.