Mimi's Contemporary Italian Restaurant of River Ridge, LA

Surprised to hear that with Pete Vasquez as the chef. He posts on the Tom Fitzmorris forum if you're interested. He's a crusty fellow, but his reputation for food is top notch.

What exactly did the restaurant run out of?

Red snapper - fish on the specials menu.
An Italian staple - veal - on the regular menu.

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He posts on the Tom Fitzmorris forum if you're interested.

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Link?

Here's the link.

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He posts under Pete V. If you sign up, you can send him a private message. They have that feature there. Wish we had it here.

For a restaurant that is competing with so many great restaurants around the area, you would think the owner would have been running to the nearest grocery to gather some sort of fish or meat to offer customers expecting a decent meal. Unfortunately, they were not phased by having to tell each table that they were out of almost every dish on the menu at 7pm.

Not only were they out of snapper and veal parmesan, they were out of the crawfish appetizer, "only had 1 pork chop left", swordfish was literally frozen with fake grill marks.

Lets just say disappointed is an understatement. Simply unacceptable for a restaurant in one of the best food cities in the nation.

Best part of the meal- watching the different expressions each time someone tried to order a dish and the waitress would smile ear to ear "we don't have that either"

Were y'all eating together or did you have a separate experience?

Doesn't sound like Pete at all, though he's not an owner.

The menu items listed don't even sound like Chef Pete's food. Veal parm, pork chops, and snapper way to mainstream.

A bad eating experience does suck though.

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A bad eating experience does suck though.

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It does. BO was one of those stellar reviews as mentioned.
I honestly think that Chef Peter was not present.

Stellar review may be pushing it, or maybe writing just isn't clear enough. I enjoyed the meal, but there were one or two things that were off.

However, out in the Ridge, pickings are slim. Really wonder if that sort of brash, take a leap of faith and your passport cooking will work long term.

sounds like they were clearing out the "fridge", i'd expect a major menu overhaul or something like...

...and crusty is an understatement!

Agreed.