Elephant Bar

Today I made my first visit to the Elephant Bar in Burbank.  I had passed it many times and I decided to look at the menu and see if it might be a place I would like.  http://www.elephantbar.com/  And it appeared that might be the case.  I joined their club (never know what one might get for her birthday if this is done) and I got a coupon for buy one entree, get one free entree.  Can't pass that up so off we went for lunch.

As I walked into the restaurant, I could smell the wood-fire grill.  We were seated right away and our waitress also came right away.  Although there were plenty of people eating, we had fantastic service.  We were served our diet cokes and had decided on our orders.  BK ordered jambalaya.  Immediately, the waitress told her that it was a hot, spicy dish. That was OK with BK.  I ordered Chicken Marsala.  As the waitress was leaving, I mentioned to BK that neither of us were getting their macaroni and cheese but that they had a side order.  We called over the waitress and asked if we could have a side of the mac and cheese as an appetizer and she happily told us she could.

Our side order was quite a good sized bowl of cheesy mac and cheese covered with very good croutons.  Although it isn't as good as Hugo's (which is the richest and best in the world according to me), it passed muster with both of us and was good to share as an appetizer.  BK's jambalaya, a meal I wouldn't even taste, consisted of very hot sausage, shrimp and chicken over rice. It came with excellent garlic bread, which I did taste.  BK was very happy with her spicy meal and she brought half home for dinner.  I loved my chicken marsala and ate both tender pieces which were covered in a delicious sauce with mushrooms, garlic mashed potatoes and garlicky spinach.  I ate it all, even most of my spinach.

When she came and asked about dessert, I wanted to see a menu.  They have some mini desserts which is what I thought I wanted until I saw the mud pie.  So, in honor of my daughter who always loved mud pie, that is what we got to share.  It was huge, coffee ice cream with Oreo cookie crust.  (Picture will follow on Facebook)  We actually couldn't finish it.

Each meal, both of which were on the lunch menu, cost $8.95.  The mac and cheese side order was $3.95 and the huge mud pie was $4.95.  We felt this was reasonable.  I definitely will go back because I would like to try the ribs and many of the other interesting items on their menu.