Meg at the M-M-M-My Pomona blog went over to Three Forks Chop House on Sunday and has come back to report on her foodie venture into the Claremont Village Expansion.
Meg thought the overall dining experience was was good, but she had some qualifiers (the three saddest letters in the English language, B-U-T):
We ran into friends who live in Village Walk, the condos right next to 3F, as we moseyed to the restaurant. When we told them we were planning on trying the Farmers Market Dinner (a Sunday special every week -- three courses for $45), they put on brave smiles and bid us goodbye as if we were heading off to a tax audit or a biopsy. Apparently the Farmers Market Dinner is precisely what NOT to have at 3F (she told me afterward).
Our verdict: Okay. Pretty good for the 909. Ambitious (and it took me three years in college to realize that when a professor wrote that on my paper, it wasn't high praise).
See Meg's post for more good comments and descriptors. Meg liked he ambiance, especially the music. If you've been to Three Forks, you can also weigh in with your own comments.
David Allen also visited Three Forks in March and had a blog review. He seemed to generally like the food. But he didn't much care for the price:
Three Forks hasn't changed it's name yet. In February when we wrote about the chop house called III Forks getting bent out of shape over the similarities between the two restaurants, it looked as if Claremont's Three Forks might have to find a new name. But owners Mick and Mark Bollinger seems to have dug in their heels and haven't changed a thing.Total bill, by the way: $144.51. Gulp.
That said, the experience was a cut above Fleming's, the steakhouse in Victoria Gardens, if a cut below Ruth's Chris in Pasadena. Would we go back to Three Forks? On a rare occasion, sure. Perhaps to try the farmers market dinners on Sundays, which sound intriguing.
Plus, you never know when you might want the Three Forks specialty, a reduction of your bank account. And a dose of rusticity.
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