After waiting what seemed like forever, this year, the extension to the St. Louis Art Museum opened up and showed St. Louis what a real art museum looks like. Yeah, I know our historical Greek-influenced building matches those of Chicago and even looks like museums in ancient Lebanon, but with the every new and growing trends in art, it would be nice if something could change and reflect this. The new extension is that change. It looks like something from out of Europe, as this black large building sticks out from the classical building that we have all known and grown up to love. The new building looks huge and when you go inside and see that the tall ceilings and large rooms, make the whole area more welcoming as more enjoyable.
Within this new part of the art museum, the board has placed a new chef and a new restaurant. The restaurant, named Panorama, is inside a 2,500 square foot area with floor to ceiling windows which overlook some views of Forest Park. However nice the view is, it is only out of one direction of the restaurant, which makes me wonder why a restaurant would be called Panorama if it does not offer panoramic views.
It has a nice feel to it, making it out to appear to be a stuffy museum restaurant and only to see that the prices are comparable to that of other medium level restaurants like Ruby Tuesdays, for instance. Paying $12 for a hamburger is completely alright when it comes out with a side salad and is in fact locally grass fed.
So, what we got, between the two of us, was overall good. The food seemed and tasted fine. But not really good. If I use my scale, of 1 to 5, I would say that the average experience at this restaurant was a 2 or a 2 and 1/2. The waiter was perfect, nice and quick. The food was priced very well. The hostess got a table for us even though we had a reservation. The food was hot and local. Everything pointed in the right direction, but just didn't seem to move any further than that.
My wife ordered the special, which was fish on a puff pastry with blue cheese and a cream sauce:
Within this new part of the art museum, the board has placed a new chef and a new restaurant. The restaurant, named Panorama, is inside a 2,500 square foot area with floor to ceiling windows which overlook some views of Forest Park. However nice the view is, it is only out of one direction of the restaurant, which makes me wonder why a restaurant would be called Panorama if it does not offer panoramic views.
It has a nice feel to it, making it out to appear to be a stuffy museum restaurant and only to see that the prices are comparable to that of other medium level restaurants like Ruby Tuesdays, for instance. Paying $12 for a hamburger is completely alright when it comes out with a side salad and is in fact locally grass fed.
So, what we got, between the two of us, was overall good. The food seemed and tasted fine. But not really good. If I use my scale, of 1 to 5, I would say that the average experience at this restaurant was a 2 or a 2 and 1/2. The waiter was perfect, nice and quick. The food was priced very well. The hostess got a table for us even though we had a reservation. The food was hot and local. Everything pointed in the right direction, but just didn't seem to move any further than that.
My wife ordered the special, which was fish on a puff pastry with blue cheese and a cream sauce:
She liked it and said it was good. But, to quote her using a line based on her weight watcher's point diet; "It was good, but I wouldn't spend the points on it again." She gave the dish a 2 and 1/2 out of 5. This means that it was a bit more than average good. Like it was okay with a bit of creativity to it. It wasn't something that was very good, it didn't have a new technique or anything awesome and didn't blow up my battleship.
I ordered a locally raised grass fed cow burger. It looked like this, with a side of a lightly dressed pile of salad greens.
The burger had a nice char to it. The bun had no oil or butter on it and was also just grilled. The burger tasted like really good beef, but was a tad under-seasoned. I give my burger a 2 and 1/2 our of 5 stars.
As I stated before, everything was pretty good, but not really good. For a restaurant of that magnitude, or that much hype, I would have expected food along the lines of quality as Basso or Farmhaus.
Anyways, if you want to try it for yourself, here is the link: http://www.slam.org/dining/about.php
Also, make sure you make a reservation as this tiny restaurant fills up fast.
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