Take it easy tonight, have dinner at Speakeasy

So, in case you were all wondering just which restaurant we almost Dine & Dashed at...This is it.  Totally not on purpose, but funny none-the-less (I can say that now after visions of angry staff chasing us down the street exit my mind).  

Anyway, one of the first restaurants anyone recommend to us when we moved to Iowa 8 years ago, was Chicago Speakeasy.  And I can see why.

I can safely say they have one of my favorite salad bars in the area.  Make sure you follow the arrows at the salad bar, this is something people seem to really struggle with. It's really a simple concept, and with practice we can overcome.  For most kids, they'd be happy with just the salad bar for a meal since it has any fruit, veggie, mayo-based salad and condiment you can think of and has dessert items like marshmallow salad and oreo fluff.  Yum.  The salad bar comes with most meals.  A warm loaf of bread is also delivered to your table.

Moving on to the main meals though, think meat.  Steak, chicken, pork and ribs with potatoes any way you like them or pasta.  I've also heard good things about the seafood lasagna.  You really can't go wrong.  They also have a kids menu with pasta, kid-portion of steak, etc.

Josh got the steak de burgo this time and said it was great.  I got the prime rib and the garlic-buttery sauteed mushrooms were awesome with it.  

We wrapped it up with the chocolate lava cake for desert and my 5 year old has asked for it for dinner every night since last week.

They have reasonably priced, fun cocktails and wine and beer of course.  Get there early because they can get really busy by 6:30pm.  But they have tables set up in the waiting area to relax and have a cocktail and appetizer while you're waiting for your seat, so it's not so bad if you have to wait.  There are always a lot of families there, so don't be afraid to make this a family outing, but it's nice enough for a date-night as well.  We love it! Even if we are now know as the dine & dashers ;)