Blue Canyon Dinner.

When Hubs and I were driving around today, we spotted Blue Canyon, a steakhouse that is known around the Cleveland area as "awesome." We have not been there during our two years in Ohio, so we decided to Open Table them that afternoon, and went for dinner.

Overall, it was a great dinner. Hubs ordered a flank steak, medium, with blue cheese crumbles baked on top and a side of green beans and mashed potatoes. I got the sirloin, medium-rare (as all steaks should be cooked as far as I am concerned!), with roasted red potatoes and green beans. After the entrees, I finished with a coffee and blueberry lemon tart and Hubs had a mini-s'more.

Typically, when I order a steak, it is not cooked to a "real" medium-rare. I will say, however, both of our steaks at Blue Canyon were cooked perfectly. All the food was delicious, and the service was nice, however, it was nothing I found to be special. The only complaint I have is the prices do not seem to fairly represent the restaurant. We knew it was a little more than other restaurants, and in general are fine paying more money for dinner when appropriate, but did not feel the prices were appropriate.

For some reason, as a salad lover, I get annoyed when restaurants charge nearly $30 for a steak (even when it's perfectly cooked) and then do not include a salad with the dinner. I just feel like steaks should come with a side salad, if not only for digestive purposes! Instead, Blue Canyon charges $4.99 for a small salad, bringing the steak and salad total (if we had ordered it) to about $35. Plus, the small tart for dessert was $8, and the mini s'more was $3 (it was literally a square inch). Hubs LOVED the s'more, and since it was so original, I can see the one-bite being $3. However, as good as my tart was, it was not unique. The crust was too cold and the creme in the center a little hard - you could tell it had been sitting in a refrigerator for a while. Yummie, but only about $5 worth of yummie. Now, the item that got us talking when we paid was the coffee. A cup of coffee was the same as the s'more!

It seemed that all the menu items were a few dollars too high, especially considering the location of the restaurant - a small suburb 30 minutes outside of downtown Cleveland where there is a quickly depleting economy. If this was Manhattan or even Atlanta I would consider it a little more reasonable.

Overall, though, the restaurant was nice, professional, and served very good, though not spectacular, food. If we had walked out the door with a final tally of $60 instead of $80 (for two dinners, one coffee, and 1.5 desserts), I would have felt a little better about it.

Final say? 3.5 stars.