Brayden H.
Yelp
Stymied by a obscene line up in Sundance for a date night, my betrothed and I were hungry, in the area, and looking for some way to salvage our date night. We had seen Block on a few shows, and received a recommendation or two for this eatery - all good signs one would think. There was no line at around 9pm when we showed up, when we were seated at a kitschy, wobbly table. It appeared to be an establishment that was bold and willing to take risks; one such risk was equipping every table with a large 1 liter glass bottle sourced at Park City, in a town where most couples have a little one in tow. Taking a drink from the bottle quickly broke the illusion and provided a little humbling foreshadowing for our evening meal.
The water, while wearing the trappings of high society was indeed lukewarm tap water. The dinner menu was very scant, just a few of your options are: Toast, Ox Tail soup, an overpowering Trout, a corn flatbread that disintegrated upon a sideways gaze, a $53 steak which potentially could not have been more than 3 very mealy slices and resting upon a Corn Puree with a Cucumber Corn Relish, and a Homemade Potato Gnocchi.
While the steak was disappointing both in quantity and in quality, the Gnocchi was frankly inedible for a few reasons. The actual Gnocchi were great, soft and tender, the chefs followed the instructions perfectly as they were undoubtedly furnished by US Foods or Sysco, however any of that mass-produced highly engineered taste was quickly washed away in what was frankly - Mud. Mushroom Mud. Contrary to its description, the Gnocchi does not come 'with Roasted Mushrooms' but rather existed within a slop of rubbery mushrooms and completely doused in what may have been an entire can of cream of mushroom soup, which outweighed the portion of the steak two to three-fold. I have never tasted condensed fungus like this - it was truly and unequivocally like eating mud. Earthy, rubbery, runny, mushroom soup, with the consistency and thickness of a good sneeze - with the occasional potato Gnocchi ground into the paste. Thankfully that dish was only $37.00 (plus the automatic 20% gratuity), so we saved a little there instead of splurging on the 2oz steak.
Overall the staff was nice, it was clean, but it's not an honest meal. They took a real shot which I can appreciate, but the shot was way off center and I'd be hard pressed to try much more after our little slice of soil soup.
