I've been wanting to check out Frank & Luke's for a while now and finally got the chance just before the new year. My family and I arrived here for dinner and were excited to hang out and try something new.
We sat ourselves and then went about ordering our food. Our food was brought to our table by 2 different gentlemen, one who made small talk with my wife (who is el salvadorian). He asked in Spanish if she spoke the language, and the in Spanish asked if I and my kids spoke it. I thought nothing of it at the time and we went on to began eating our meal.
My son then began to comment that the same guy who had spoken earlier was now lurking around and watching my wife, his actions were even noticed by my daughter. After keeping an eye out for it, I than began to notice it for myself. He wasn't just sneaking peeks at my wife he was full on glaring at her from in front of the kitchen window.
He would stare at her even as I was staring at him, and when we made contact he would look away, but go right back to staring, smirking as if it was funny or a game.
This obviously made me upset, and my wife very uncomfortable, to the point that she asked us to wrap up our meal so we could leave. I felt disrespected as a man, father, and husband by the actions that had taken place, and to add more insult the worker followed us to the front of the restaurant as we left still staring and smirking as we left the restaurant.
I dropped my family at home and came back to speak to somebody about what had occurred. The same guy was at the register and told me that he was.in charge and that nobody else in the restaurant spoke English, which I knew was a lie.
I needed up talking with a young man named Christian and explained what happened. The guy continued to try to cut into our conversation even after I had asked him to step away. I was given a card with the owners name and number, that I misplaced, but I did write an email which has since gone unanswered.
As far as the food
The chopped cheese and cheese steaks were okay, but we were not a fan of the barely melted sliced cheese that came on all 3 of the sandwiches we ordered. Also, the eggs on my sandwich were cooked over easy, but still runny on top which I didn't enjoy. I have never seen a spot that didn't just melt the cheese.over thr meat on the griddle before putting it on the bread but this place clearly doesn't if you look at the photos.
The loaded fries reminded me of outback, and were pretty good. The fries reminded me of boardwalk fries.
My son didn't like his pasta at all. There was no marriage between the pasta and the chicken, it was just placed on top with bread and had burnt bits that you can also see in the photos.
We ordered wings, that were okay, but I'd pass on them quickly if I had other options, by the time we got the wings all of the awkwardness was in full swing and we were ready to start boxing up our food.
I understand that some might think my food review could have bias because of the terrible experience we had during the visit, but even had everything went smoothly, I don't think that we would've returned for a second visit, just based on the food.
The servings are big here, and most of the food looks good, but I don't think that they're as good as other places in the area that serve similar items. This is supposed to be a New York kitchen, but it's about as New York as a wooden cabin. read more