The Big Black Dog Tavern & Grill, Wilmette

good food

The service was the biggest problem, we had an issue right at first with waitress/hostess lack of communication. then our waitress forgot our appetizer, but they did comp it. The chips were a bit bland, the guacamole was good and the salsa was too chunky to eat with the chips. The food was just ok, the pulled pork was dry, maybe it was sitting in the window for a while while we ate our appetizer, the brisket was untrimmed, half the portion was fat. when the food did arrive the waitress didn't talk about the sauces that were on the table. Then the waitress put our check on someone else's table, before getting to us. we will try one more time and see if it gets better.

The food was great, both my husband and I enjoyed it. We will go back again even without a Groupon.

Food was good (though brisket was a bit dry), and our waitress was good. The only negative was dessert. Dessert was dry and bland. We had the brownie cheesecake, which sounded very good, but we were disappointed. We probably won't risk having dessert again.