2941 Restaurant

Recently I went to the 2941 Restaurant in Fairfax for dinner. My first impressions of the restaurant were not positive. It is difficult to find the main entrance off Route 50, and I had to traverse through an industrial maze to find the in-building entrance. The other issue is, that being on the ground floor of an office building, the restaurant has a vaunted ceiling and a large open dining room. This is great for my grandparents because it deadens the white noise of surrounding tables, but if you’re looking for a lively restaurant, this is not the place. It looks as if they purchased an old Sizzler, and decided to dress it up with expensive table cloths and ornaments. I’m fairly confident the restaurant was designed by Howard Roark and decorated by the mother from Beetlejuice (shame on you if you get the reference).

I realize that commenting on the architecture is outside of my shtick as the simplemonger, but this place annoyed me. I couldn’t quite decide if Don Johnson or Patrick Bateman would be the next to walk in the door, but whoever it was, I knew they would have hair gel and wouldn't like Roadhouse.

Enough with the pop culture references. The food itself ranged from good to excellent. My appetizer was a bacon wrapped, roasted squab dish and probably the low point of the meal. The dish was flavorful and creative, but marbled with fat. All in all, I ate about half the dish and the rest was just fat.

My main entrée was a maple encrusted pork chop cooked medium. The pork chop was sweet with a hint of spice, and worth making the trip to 2941. It was served with root vegetables, which were fine, and left me satisfied -- which leads me to my major grip with 2941.

While my portions were sufficient, the rest of my group left hungry. Everyone enjoyed their meals, but the portions were borderline offensive. The beat salad was tiny; the Scallops entrée included 3 – 3! – scallops in total, the artic char was appetizer sized, etc. etc. The desert chocolate cake, however, ultimately led me to write off this restaurant. Two guests decided to split the desert for $13 – a safe bet that it should be a sizable portion. What they got in return was a slice of cake honestly smaller than hostess cupcake. At that point, I felt like going back to kitchen and stealing some utensils just to break even. The quality of the food saves 2941, but the meal portions are almost unforgivable. 1 and ½ cutting boards.




2941
http://www.2941.com/
2941 Fairview Park Dr.
Falls Church, VA 22042