The University Club
One of the more bourgeois building-fronts on Library Mall, the University Club is an ivy-covered building I used to associate with fancy faculty dinners and expensive weddings. Not until recently did I find out anyone can go there for a decadent lunch.
The interior of the club has beautiful dark wood furniture, faux-candle chandeliers and plenty of tables and chairs to sit at. The restaurant portion is located on the right side after you enter the building.
The menu at the University Club reads like a menu from L'Etoile or Le Chardonnay. For lunch you can order anything from the normal looking soup and salad to the fancy pine nut-encrusted walleye fillet. After ordering the grilled chicken sandwich, I was pleasantly surprised to discover how well the dish was prepared. The chicken was very tender and the entire sandwich tasted like perfection.
I would recommend trying out the University Club for a fancy lunch date or whenever you have your parents in town and want to bring them somewhere elegant.
Overall: 3/4
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