The Bar at BLACK BAND — Restaurant in Peoria

My wife and I had dinner here for our anniversary tonight. This is my 5th time here and the second time with my wife.

The food was disappointing. Service was great.

We ordered the Deviled Eggs, the Korean Oyster Mushrooms, the Brussels Sprouts, the Chevre Dumplings, and the Pork Sliders.

My biggest disappointment is that Black Band does not know how to season their food. Some dishes were extremely over seasoned, and others almost none.

The Brussels Sprouts were so overwhelmingly salty, we could not finish them. They were also also over cooked to the point of having no "green" color left. You don't need to cook it that long.

The oyster mushrooms did not seem like mushrooms. Just over fried and over salted batter. If there were mushrooms in the crispy batter, they were completely unrecognizable.

The pork sliders on the other hand had zero seasoning. There was absolutely no salt on the meat. The sliders were actually pretty good and could have been a great dish if there was just a little seasoning on the meat.

Both the deviled eggs and the Chevre Dumplings were excellent. We could have made an entire meal out of the dumplings.

As usual their drinks were great and the cocktail menu is always impressive.

Overall the food was very average for Peoria and sad because had the seasoning been better controlled, those dishes could have been good.

Hoping this was a fluke, and we can return again...

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