JTK.: Barely a Restaurant Review
Disclaimer: One of my best mates is the service manager at J.T.K., and another is one of the bartenders
I went to JTK with some lady friends the other night for dinner. Located in the Train Station in Lincoln’s Haymarket, JTK is a very classy joint. It’s French inspired cuisine, so you know it’s nice. We showed up at 7 o’clock on a Friday night, so there was a bit of a wait for a table. An hour and a half seemed long, so we opted to sit outside, where there’s a lovely view of the trainyard. Entrees are little spendy for what you find in Lincoln, ranging from $15 for the pastas to $30-ish for the steaks. However liquor is pretty dang cheap, considering they have have some top shelf stuff. For an appetizer I had Wild Turkey Rye and water. I highly recommend it, especially as it was a bit chilly outside so the whiskey warms you up. I had the grilled steak salad. Not at all what I was expecting, I was thinking it was just a bit of lettuce with some steak thrown on top. What I was given was tastefully arranged on a square plate (I’m a sucker for square plates) a mound of those weeds that you can eat (dandelion leaves, other things you would feed a rabbit), with straws on top, tossed with an awesome vidalia onion dressing and two tomato wedges on the side. And some well laid out strips of grilled steak. It was mighty tasty.
Jenna, one of my dinner companions had the fettucini alfredo with chicken. Being as she is just a wee lass, unable to complete a big plate of pasta, she gave me some to try. It was really good as well, the alfredo sauce had a really smoky flavor. Pairs well with the rye whiskey. Or you can select something from the well put-together wine list as well.
All in all, it’s a damn fine restaurant. I would say that if you’ve got some bucks to spend or a lady to impress, give JTK a go. They’re having a six-course wine tasting next month, I’m going to try to go to.
we have been making our peppercorn steak for the past 4 weekends. We are not sure if we will ever be able to eat steak out ever again.
Thanks for the review. I love turkey, sweet delicious almost nutritious 101 proof happy juice.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……..
Comment by beerorkid — September 17, 2007 @ 11:15 am
I see that you mentioned fettucini alfredo. Was there any other vegetarian options that you recall? or do they have a website? My old lady and I are looking for some new places to try, as we’ve eaten pretty much everywhere with veg options in town.
Comment by mo_feezy — September 17, 2007 @ 11:41 am
Other than the pastas and salads, I don’t recall any vegetarian plates, but I’m not the sort who looks out for vegetarian foods so that doesn’t mean they’re not there. The Journal Star gave ‘em 2 out of 4 for being vegetarian friendly.
They don’t have a website yet, but I’m working Tyler over on that. I could use the money
Comment by jschwa — September 17, 2007 @ 12:30 pm
uh, JTK… never heard of it. does JTK stand for something i would know it by otherwise?
Comment by jake rhymes with cake — September 17, 2007 @ 2:43 pm
JTK are the initials of the owners, who also own Main Street Cafe. Another vegetarian dish (if you eat cheese) is the macaroni and cheese - it has lobster in it. Check that, it’s the four cheese pasta dish.
My only complaint was that it didn’t come with a piece of bread or a side or anything else. Just a dish of very good macaroni and cheese. A slice of bread would make a nice garnish.
Our server was extremely uptight. I can only assume it was because I was rolling the napkin ring on the table, which must have annoyed him based on the way he snatched it off the table.
He was also kind enough to correct me when I ordered “macaroni and cheese.”
I may go back someday when the wallet is a little thicker but I won’t sit in that guy’s section.
Comment by foxspit — September 17, 2007 @ 6:22 pm
Is this place still open? I haven’t been in the Haymarket for a while and I can’t find anything active about it online.
Comment by Ryan — July 29, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
Yep they are still open, evenings Monday through Saturday, and open Sunday for brunch. I’m still trying to get them to get a proper website online.
Comment by jschwa — July 29, 2008 @ 12:41 pm