One of our favorite go to places, especially for special occasions. I've always been extremely impressed with the service and food until now. MY husband and I chose Flame to celebrate our 25th anniversary and was unfortunately underwhelmed. First, we were seated at a table next to the bar and the bartender was our server, which was fine, except we were waiting a lot for EVERYTHING. Greeting us, Taking our drink order, getting drink refills, ordering, everything. Bread came out so delayed that it was delivered shortly before our meal. My husband ordered the ribeye. As it was cooked perfectly, it was terribly chewy and he was only able to choke half down. We also ordered dessert, as we often do on special occasions. We had never tried the chocolate torte at this establishment and won't ever again. The torte was cold, like it had just came out of the refrigerator, and had the consistency of lumpy, gritty fudge. Also, it was not served with ice cream, as it is advertised in the menu. When we mentioned to the server that it would have been nice to have ice cream with it he said, "ya, that would have been good". Almost like he didn't know it should have come with it. I have had chocolate torte's elsewhere and it is always served warm. I don't know if they just do it differently here or someone dropped the ball. My crab leg was ok, kind of hard to screw that up though. Our server was very personable and pleasant. Ambiance was very nice. They seated us at a table with very good lighting this time, which was nice not having to get my phone out with the flashlight to see the menu, like we usually have to. Overall, not a stellar anniversary dinner experience, especially for the $250 price tag . read more