first, let me say i have young children and this is a night for adult dinning. leave your kids with a friend. our last dinner was what made me want to write a review ( even three days later ). we were stuck in traffic near the stadium and we decided to upgrade our lifestyle from wasting time in traffic to a warm and engaging meal with friends. we arrived on a tuesday at 5:30 to find the gm carl parker opening the front door for us and after we had not been seated immediately he walked over to fix the problem (no reservations) we were in our seats shortly there after were we learned from our server who he was. the dinning room was full of others dinners who were obviously very happy and were not afraid to enjoy themselves. this made me want a nice glass of wine to take the traffic off. my husband and our guests were pleased with the service not just from our primary guy but all of those who came to the table. even the staff who were serving the tables around us seemed to make themselves available if we needed.
now to be specific, i not only got a nice glass from my husband but an even nicer bottle after the wine steward stopped by to advise us. we had three bottles between the six of us and two different wines. i have eaten at charleys for years but never have i realized how much fun wine can add to the meal. i wrote a thank you note to our friends for meeting us on short notice and when my friend called back she said her fiance had looked closely at the wine list and decided nearly all of the wines were priced under ""restaurant"" retail and that he wanted to have his business dinners there to take advantage of the wine. there is nothing to say about the steaks other than you cannot get steak from a fire any better. if you like the butter and oven or the propane char from the other steakhouses in town then go for it. i happen to like steak the way it was meant to be and i'm learning wine and the fun others people are having is just as important. not just steak
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