Meritage Cafe & Wine Bar

I just read that Meritage Cafe & Wine Bar is closing its doors for good on January 1.

This restaruant has been open since 1997, and has won a handful of awards. I dined here for the first time last summer, and, honestly, I can't believe the restaurant managed to stay open for 10 years.

I hated everything about it....the food was horrible, the wine list average, and the decor tired. Really, at these prices there are much better choices. For an appetizer, I had the crab cakes. My only explanation of these are that they really grossed me out. I left hungry because I could not finish my entree, which was salmon. It was not appetizing at all, and lacked flavor. It was probably the worst salmon I have ever had in a restaurant. Our waitress was indifferent to us and could have cared less if we were having a good time. Her response to our question to explain a certain menu item was, "yeah, it's good."

Luckily for me, we visited the nearby Hot Chocolate, where I ate lots of yummy desserts and drank some great wine.