Piedmont Steakhouse — Restaurant in Culpeper

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫, 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲. 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧— 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧— 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚. 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐬, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐤— 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭? 𝐀 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐱. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝, 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐟'𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐮𝐦, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐬, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚'𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐬.

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭, 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥, 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭? 𝐀 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐘𝐞𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞— 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥....

Well this place is a very well kept gem in Culpeper. The town recently has been a foodie spot. Piedmont steakhouse is tucked up in a old factory type of building. Very classy spot, but they still love the customer that just pops in. Which I love, better to have reservations for this type of spot if there is no tables there isn't much they can do. Come a tad early and you should have no problem come late and you will be out of luck. First time in this joint. It was my good friend and myself, we got off work covered in grease and work grit, we both said we feel like a steak. Both him and I got the tomahawk steaks 35oz each, we got drinks and more. Bill was hefty but the taste was as well. What struck me like a lighting bolt was the fact they sat us at a table, covered in grease and dirt. My respect for the establishment went thru the roof that day, classy joint like that respects the working man I'll be a customer for life. Good business decision on their part since we had a check of 250 for 2 people. We eat good food no matter the cost. So I've sent 3 clients gift cards to this place welcoming them to the fauquier culpeper area. All said they loved it. Now I go there for dates with my better half now. She loves it and I tell her the story about how 2 greasy guys got the best service in their lives. Food is amazing and is very generous, price is high but you are paying for quality. Service is amazing, got a mixed drink that was little light on the alcohol told the waiter and he fixed me another one right on the spot. Wait staff to the hostess was very pleasant. My Heart Doctor said I had to cut back on the red meat I said the hell with it, I'll buy him another boat, so in the picture is the bone in ribeye. Which comes over 20oz I can't eat that tomahawk no more but if...

I used LOVE Piedmont Steakhouse. I hadn’t been back for quite awhile and unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll be back. Firstly, the atmosphere is relaxing, laid back but still has a fancy feel. I really enjoy that. However, the choice of music being played put a huge damper on the ambiance. For a high end steakhouse you’d expect to hear classical/jazz with the aim of reinforcing the sensation of elegance and exquisiteness of their dishes. This did not happen. Instead, there was new country being played (quite loudly) throughout the restaurant. Reminded me of Texas Roadhouse. Also, I don’t believe they currently have a chef. I got the calamari which was HEAVILY salted and overly fried. I thought the server had brought me onion rings at first. The marinara sauce was clearly not made in house and tasted like canned Prego sauce. Very disappointing. When mentioned to our server about the heavily salted appetizer, he apologized and said he would let the kitchen know. Moving onto entrees. I got the Bison Ribeye that was cooked to perfection but still, very salty. For my choice of potato I decided on the potato lyonnaise. It was nothing more than home style cafe potatoes. They were salty (go figure), overcooked and lacked creativity. We skipped on dessert. I’m not sure if the staff is aware of this, but guests can hear A-LOT while in the bathrooms coming from the kitchen. I feel like the food/ambiance didn’t reflect the bill. I don’t mind paying whatever as long as it...