Sunday, July 15, 2012

Ditka Restaurant experience

Some celebrities who are not in the food industry have no business opening a restaurant. I am talking about NFL player and coach Mike Ditka who has 2 restaurants in the Chicagoland area. My cousin brought us to the Oakbrook Terrace Ditka restaurant after the graduation ceremony of her daughter. The ambience was nice, clean and moderately upscale. The staff were courteous and professional. The menu ranges from steaks to lobster to burger to pork chops to pastas. Basically nothing unique but more on the generic restaurant food. The main entree prices were kinda expensive ranging from $20 to $50. Nothing special with the taste and flavor but the presentation was good. For the price my cousin paid for our dinner, the experience was not note worthy. This is a perfect example of Mike Ditka using his name and celebrity status to open a mediocre restaurant that pretend to be something special. The total experience is just a 2/5. I personally would not go back to pay those prices.

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