$400 at Smith and Wollensky

I got a last minute invite to join my big brother and his buddy at Smith and Wollensky last week while going ballistic in NYC. They had some $400 gift card that they'd been wanting to use for a while. That seemed like reason enough to hit up the classic uptown meat palace. Here's the crew.



We got things started with a bottle of Turley, one of my favorite California vintners. We moved on to a full line up of appetizers - an iceberg wedge, delicious calamari and my favorite, the colossal crab cocktail, which was truly ridiculous.

Booya.

The filet au poivre was the meat of choice and, by the end of the meal, all plates were clean.  We got spinach and mushrooms as sides - both worthy choices.



We were pretty well done for it at that point - having polished off two bottles and the meat. But what's a steak dinner without dessert and dessert elixirs to match.  We followed Chris's lead when he ordered Hennessy and carrot cake. Good call boss.



All in all we did pretty well... and only went over our gift card a tiny bit ;-)