Prairie Moon

Food and service were excellent as always.
If you order the key lime pie, request a garnish of fresh lime from the bar to squeeze over it and thank me later. I’m really here to complain about the elevator.
The restaurant is located in the basement and stairs aren’t much fun for some people.
If you have ever had to ride this elevator, then you can smell these pictures.
A weird, oily mix of hot electrical equipment scent that any haunted house would be proud to feature in their electric chair room. The carpet is torn and a peeling trip hazard.
The vent cover has been laying on the floor for six months. Do better.

Most likely the best happy hour deals in Evanston.
Many bars don't even have one, and if they do, discounts are miniscule.
We love how happy hour includes drinks and bites.
Dinner is always solid.
Not the most gourmet pasta (not homemade), but tasty and worth the reasonable price. We haven't taken advantage of their Wednesday Jazz nights, but we appreciate the late hour (for Evanston, anyway) entertainment.

This is something like my 2nd or 3rd ever review, but it felt necessary.
These pictures are from my second, pretty disappointing visit to Prairie Moon with my boyfriend.
Last time, a few weeks ago on a Thursday night, I ordered the pot roast with root vegetables, and the roast was incredibly dry and reminded me of a frozen TV dinner, while the vegetables were diced pretty small and cooked to the point of being crouton-like.
But my boyfriend enjoyed his fish and draft beer, and yesterday was his birthday and he wanted to go back to Prairie Moon.
This time I ordered the NY Strip Steak with mashed potatoes and broccoli, I ordered the steak medium-rare.
These pictures are from the opposite ends of the steak.
I don't even know what to say.
In addition to the one side being basically raw, it was also almost completely unseasoned and dry.
The potatoes were fine and the broccoli average.
We also ordered the Cajun catfish nuggets for an appetizer and those were pretty good and again my boyfriend enjoyed his order of the 3 Sisters and beer.
The service was fine, but both times we had to flag down the server to get our check after waiting 10-15 minutes after our plates had been cleared, so we could catch the bus home, and it's not like either time the restaurant/bar had more than 5-7 tables.
My boyfriend and I enjoyed the atmosphere and he enjoyed his meals (admittedly he is a lot easier to please with food than I am) and the drinks, but I have yet to find a meal I really enjoyed on the menu.