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The Jury Room Inspections are OVER! See you for Dinner Thurs-Sun, 5pm-2am, then open for lunch, dinner and late night beginning on Monday, 1/23.
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Jury Room Opens For Dinner - Thur 01/20/11
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Mister Shifter
80-175 BPM
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Great news!
Posted 2 years ago # -
placebohigh
The Short North
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Anybody try the grub? I'd like to hear how it is!
Posted 2 years ago # -
AmyJ
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As much as it pains me to give Jury Room a bad review, I really don't have a lot of positive things to say about my lunch experience here today. My friend and I have been anxiously awaiting their lunch service to start and made plans to meet there today.
They are still operating on a limited menu, so I chose the escarole soup and pasta w/broccoli rabe, olive oil and garlic. My friend ordered the scungilli salad and pasta w/Italian veggies. Both the soup and salad were okay, not remarkable, but fresh and satisfactory.
When our pasta dishes came out, we both kind of laughed at the plates in disbelief. It was a pile of dry spaghetti noodles with a few pieces of (too bitter) broccoli rabe/squash mixed in. We were expecting them tossed in olive oil, so we knew they weren't going to be covered in sauce of any sort, but these were seriously dry.
Both of us tried to choke down a few bites until we both gave up and asked for sauce on the side. I added alfredo and my friend added marinara. After the sauce was added, it was moderately better. We were at least able to eat it without needing to wash it down immediately afterward.
While I think the food has a lot of potential, these particular plates of pasta left us both pretty underwhelmed.
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lizless
Columbus/Hocking Hills
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I'm sorry to hear that, Amy! I was there at lunch and I'm sorry I didn't get the chance to talk to you personally today, I thought I made it to every table to get feedback, I regret that I missed you.
We appreciate the feedback and I'll be addressing the issues you mention with my kitchen staff first thing tomorrow morning. We have spent each day getting comments from customers and tweaking our recipes that might need work. I'm not sure what happened with your particular dishes today but I'll be sure to look into it. I'm hoping too that your server asked you for your feedback, we do want everyone to leave happy!
If you'd like to give us another try, I'd love to buy your lunch, just pm me your mailing address and I'll send over a gift certificate.
Posted 2 years ago # -
ToddAnders
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While I am not a diner at your establishments, your response to issues makes me want to be. Well done at confronting issues head on.
Posted 2 years ago # -
lizless
Columbus/Hocking Hills
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Thanks, Todd.
I am so proud of our amazing kitchen and bar staff and our food, when properly prepared, is something I feel really proud of as well.
As we are in our opening weeks, we expect mistakes, and lots of them. We regret when it happens but we're learning.
Right now I'm trying to figure out how on earth we were able to sautee a pasta without any olive oil??!?!
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AmyJ
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Liz, I would have loved to meet you too! Like I said, I was (and still am) really excited about the place and think the menu has potential to be really excellent. I know you are still working out the kinks, so I definitely took that under consideration and will give it another shot. I don't know if maybe the plates were just sitting a bit too long before making it to our table or what, but I thought you may be interested in the feedback.
Thanks so much for your response. You'll see me again sipping on your amazing cocktails and trying out that fried gnocchi soon!
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DavidF
Elysium Fields
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lizless wrote >>
I'm sorry to hear that, Amy! I was there at lunch and I'm sorry I didn't get the chance to talk to you personally today, I thought I made it to every table to get feedback but I regret that I missed you.
We appreciate the feedback and I'll be addressing the issues you mention with my kitchen staff first thing tomorrow morning. We have spent each day getting comments from customers and tweaking our recipes that might need work. I'm not sure what happened with your particular dishes today but I'll be sure to look into it. I'm hoping too that your server asked you for your feedback, we do want everyone to leave happy!
If you'd like to give us another try, I'd love to buy your lunch, just pm me your mailing address and I'll send over a gift certificate.Every restaurant operator in Columbus should be required to read this and see how you deal with a dissatisfied customer. Don't ignore them. Don't disparage them. Engage them and be genuinely interested in resolving their issue.
As always, done with class Liz.
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lizless
Columbus/Hocking Hills
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Thanks, guys. We really, truly aim to please and genuinely regret when we miss the mark.
Amy, I'm looking forward to meeting you. I still owe you a pasta...this time with cooked broccoli rabe and olive oil...*still shaking head*....
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placebohigh
The Short North
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Kudos to Liz's superb conflict resolution skills!
Are the hoagies available yet?
Posted 2 years ago # -
TaraK
shoe-mocker
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I posted in the other thread so I won't repeat here, but we really enjoyed our dinner there this weekend, even with the limited menu. Will be back soon and often. Calamari and pasta were scrumptious. Looking forward to trying the entrees on the full menu.
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chaptal
West Side
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My wife and I had a fine dinner there this evening. She loved her salad and the alfredo pasta was very good. I ordered the half portion, which was plenty.
Wanted to try a cocktail but got sidetracked by Anchor Steam on tap. It's not a rare beer but it does not show up on tap around here often. Very appreciated!
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ohiojimmie
Westgate
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When will the website be up and running? I want to check out the menu and spirits.
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Twixlen
The Weston District
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Liz posted these initial menus in one of the other Jury Room threads -
http://homepage.mac.com/barbtastic/JR_Menu_Booze.pdfPosted 2 years ago # -
lizless
Columbus/Hocking Hills
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Thanks everyone, we really appreciate everyone's feedback, good and bad.
Full menu will launch on Sunday, here's the link:
http://homepage.mac.com/barbtastic/JR_Menu_Food.pdf
Right now we are serving appetizers, soups, salads and pastas.
I've especially enjoyed meeting so many people, lots of cu folks in particular. I hope you'll say hello if you're in, I love putting faces to all these names.
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somertimeoh
Harrison West
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I'm already dreaming about lunch next week, but I'm thinking I might have to sneak in at least a cocktail this weekend. That Mound Street Mule makes me happy (and pretty drunky) in no time flat :)
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Tenzo
Chicago Lakeshore
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Twixlen wrote >>
Liz posted these initial menus in one of the other Jury Room threads -
http://homepage.mac.com/barbtastic/JR_Menu_Booze.pdf
http://homepage.mac.com/barbtastic/JR_Menu_Food.pdfoooooo Fried gnocci. I love that.
I used to fry left over gnocci in a little butter and sage.
Now I dont even wait until it's left over.
Fluffy in the inside crisp and brown on the outside, arrhhhrhhhhhhhPosted 2 years ago # -
Columbus Music Co-op
Columbus
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i had the pasta with meatballs and some calamari the other night...SO GOOD. i also am obsessed with the dill thrill shooters...oh tiny pickles soaked in vodka...why are you so delicious?
super excited to go back today and try more stuff for lunch!
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Columbus Music Co-op
Columbus
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oh, also, the bar seats by the fireplace = coziest place in town
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