Bern's is awesome. I highly recommend it if you're ever in the Tampa area and someone else is paying. Plan on between $100-$150 for two, without alcohol. They have one of the most famous wine cellars in the world. Take the tour (they offer one to diners). The wine list is the size of a phone book of a large city. Vermouth is served with an eyedropper. They grown their own vegetables and fish is fresh from tanks. Actually the decor is one of the things they are known for, I think it's cool, most think it's garish, especially the lobby. Think Victorian House of Ill Repute. I'd tell you how I know what a bordello looks like, but that's between me and my priest.
A must do is the dessert room. It's separate from the dining rooms. You get up from your table and go, but is available separately from dinner, in fact, a lot of people do that.
It's gotten a reputation as too touristy now, and some say it's gone a little downhill since Bern passed on. I've seen incredibly negative reviews and have no idea what they're talking about. Every time I've been there it's been consistently excellent in every way.
Snooty but true story: When I was in treatment somehow a group of us got to talking about restaurants and stuff since the food was so bad. Keep in mind this was like a last resort type place, state funded for people with no insurance, the end of the line so to speak. Being completely oblivious to my surroundings I piped in with "For the best steak you really have to go to Bern's." Blank looks all around. The director, who knew me well by this point, said "Notice how she didn't mention Quincy's." My own blank look, followed by "What's a Quincy's?" (Apparently it's a chain type place like Ponderosa or something.)
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