A Critic Rips United Center Supper Club - Eater Chicago
"Anthony Todd had his “worst meal” of the year thus far at Queenie’s. The supper club located inside the United Center, a joint venture between Heisler Hospitality and Levy, “both destroys the integrity of that concept and charges a fortune for it.” The space “somehow straddles the line between ‘charming’ and ‘airport lounge’ and plays host to a cover band “blasting out 80s hits at eardrum-rupturing volume.” The “tableside” Caesar is anything but, prepared on a stationary cart by a “supremely bored chef.” It’s also “unnecessarily massive – a literal beach ball of lettuce.” Beef tartare is “flavorless pink mush, looking like some kind of meaty playdoh when spread on bread that wasn’t so much toasted as dried.” Fried chicken is “dry as sand” and has “clearly been sitting under a heatlamp for a while,” while a bratwurst has “less flavor than the French fries that [come] with it.” As it currently stands, Queenie’s is wasted potential and a “sad cafeteria for rich sports fans.” [Anthony Todd]" - Jeffy Mai
