Step In

I've been coming to step in for 22 years, it's been 4 years since I've been here to eat, my wife and I had out first meal together in this restaurant and we decided to come back and drive 3 hours just to eat there and to out dissatisfaction we had a very bad experience. I am not sure if they've changed owners which has to be what happened, because step in was always the most consistent restaurant I've been to, every dish tasted exactly the same each time I've been there and their ingredients were always top notch. But I can't say that any longer, my wife and I ordered what we have always ordered, penne ala vodka and fettuccine Alfredo, fried mozzarella sticks and Pina colada. Both the sauces from the pasta dishes we ordered were horrible and 100 Percent different, the Alfredo sauce tasted like milk and cream cheese, and the vodka sauce tasted exactly like the sauce that came with the cheese sticks, and to make it worse, the cheese sticks were no longer made from scratch, they were the frozen kind. Our waiter took forever to take out order, then when we finally received our food, you can tell that it was under a heating lamp for more than 10 minutes, because the top of the pasta was discolored due to being under the heating lamp for longer than 2 minutes. As a professional chef, I was shocked that step in lost their consistent taste because it use to be a place that motivated me to making sure that I am consistent in my own restaurant or any restaurant that I consulted for. I was also shocked that people were smoking weed in the bathroom, which isn't the restaurants fault, however, if I was able to smell it the waiters were able to smell it and nothing was done. I won't go any further in this review, I am disappointed and I thank God that I did not bring my 7 year old daughter with us for this long trip to eat at a place that use to be the best and after 22 years I will never go back which is a shame.