Comments on: Review: Chalk

By: julie

julie — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:56:37 +0000

Thanks, Steve! I still have dreams about the lemon frosting on one of those cupcakes. Yum, yum.

Sad to hear she’s left chalk, however. I now have another reason to try out the Palace!

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:47:55 +0000

Summer Genetti is my SIL and I have to say, that while I am biased, she is an amazing talent. I have had the pleasue of several holiday meals where her and my brother, Greg, the chef at Camargo Country Club have brought along many examples of their food and Summer’s desserts are always incredible. In fact, I have a piece of her butterscotch cheesecake (she tends to “dumb down” some of her stuff for my family, as they aren’t the most adventurous eaters in the world) in my fridge right now, as well as some of her bread pudding and pumpkin torte, all remnants from our wonderful Thanksgiving meal.

I hear that she’s now left Chalk and will be the new pastry chef at the Palace. Sounds like the French Rest Group is suffering from some heavy-handed and corporate-minded decision-making from the Wades.

By: vudutu

vudutu — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:41:00 +0000

Great review Julie, Chalk is a local hang for us, we were in for apps on Friday, there were a few menu changes recently. We usually graze and don’t get to an entree but I might have to do the cheeks The rabbit salad was new and very good, avoid the sauce that comes with the calamari, way too sweet and vanilla, weird. My biggest JR eatery complaint is room temp red wine, it should be cellar temp 55 to 65 for most, when the temperature is too warm, wine will taste somewhat flat.

By: Jackie Danicki

Jackie Danicki — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:25:00 +0000

Wow, those ARE boring cheese choices! That alone makes me not want to give Chalk a chance, and the note that the cake was a bit on the dry side. If Betty Crocker mixes can produce a moist cake, a great pastry chef should be able to.

That said, cupcakes are all about the frosting for me, so 5chw4r7z and Ms. 5chw4r7z won’t have to twist my arm too much to get me to Chalk the next time I’m in town…

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:19:00 +0000

Natural lighting is a fantastic thing! You’ll see my Quarter Bistro review soon: it’s dark and lit with red lightbulbs. Atrocious!

By: Chris S

Chris S — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:07:00 +0000

Best food pictures yet!!@ Natural light is a wonderful thing

Looks tasty, I’ll have to check them out for more than desert. The pictures certainly make it look worth it, I had been holding off due to the notably mixed reviews…

By: valereee

valereee — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:25:00 +0000

I was wondering where the snaps were…

By: 5chw4r7z

5chw4r7z — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:36:00 +0000

We had about the same experience, very knowledgeable waiter. And every dish they brought out was better than the last. One difference I had gone in with high expectations, and they exceeded them. We had appetizers a main dish and of course desert and everything was a work of art and so over the top I felt bad about eating it.
But I did anyhow.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:45:00 +0000

Daniel– the pork cheek and the buttercream. Mmmm.

Valereee– yay! I’ll have pics up in just a few– been so busy!

By: valereee

valereee — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:40:00 +0000

Linked to your review from my blog!