Who knows where their heads are sometimes at the Green Room. The Hotel DuPont's stately restaurant is the state's premier dining room, the pinnacle of potential refinement, yet they're blithely missing a great chance to tout themselves among people who think things here are too stuffy and inaccessible. As you'll read below in Patty's post, our befuddled servers at lunch Monday had to be practically badgered into letting us see the special $15-per-person menu for Wilmington Restaurant Week. Our frequently absent waiter's confusion over the issue would seem to indicate it had more to do with lack of communication than any nefarious intent, but it's hard to come up with a good excuse for the fact that it took two hours to get through our lunch.
The real shame is that by not promoting this event more aggressively, and by not encouraging its servers to be at their accommodating best this week, the Green Room is only helping to perpetuate its own reputation for haughtiness. A lot of public good will (and potential new customers) could be gained from all that the Green Room has to offer this week -- especially the snappy, sassy Monte Cristo sandwich and a delicately sauced, perfectly roasted salmon fillet. The Monte Cristo -- sort of a ham sandwich on steroids -- is dipped in egg batter and sauteed, letting the Gruyere cheese melt into a creamy, chewy counterpoint to the salty ham
This week, you can get that, along with a decent clam chowder, at the most beautiful restaurant in the state for just $15 bucks. But you wouldn't know it unless you already knew it.
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There are plenty of billboards boasting the message of Restaurant week. Apparently, the dining room manager at the Hotel DuPont forgot to tell his staff. Don't blame the kitchen! The food is great! Tell the front end to step it up!
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