Review - Wicked and Acacia Midtown

Wicked and Acacia

Friday night, my friend Barbara and I went to Acacia before going to see Wicked at the Landmark Theater. We got there about 5:45 pm and were happy to see they had a prix fixe menu for $23. After ordering the Cabernet by the glass, we opted to go for this menu for dinner. This gave you an option of soup (parsnip) and a salad with blue cheese, apples, and nuts. I chose the soup and it was perfect for the rainy night and it was creamy and had bits of bacon that added the right amount of saltiness to it.

The entree choices were plentiful for the prix fixe menu: there was a tilapia, a scallop dish, a duck, a chicken, and a steak. I chose the hanger steak with fingerling potatoes with blue cheese, bacon, and a balsamic sauce. There was also a side of sautéed kale. The food was excellent, the steak a perfectly cooked medium rare and the balsamic sauce was a great pairing with it. The potatoes were fresh and the kale perfectly cooked. I am a sucker for any kind of green and my only complaint was that there wasn’t enough of the kale for me!

For dessert, they had a choice of a panna cotta with a coconut sorbet and rum sauce, a parsnip cake with a cream frommage ice cream, and finally a watermelon sorbet with a biscotti. I chose the parsnip cake (figured I might as well stick with the root vegetable trend) and was pleasantly surprised the cake was served warm and the ice cream was a great addition to it. It was similar to a carrot cake or spice cake. Very good.

All in all, a great dinner for a spectacular price. The prix fixe menu is available M-Th 5:00 – 6:00 pm and Fr-Sat from 5:30-6:30 pm.

We were back in our car by 7:15 enough time to drive to the Landmark Theater and park in the parking garage across the street. We took our seats about 10 till 8:00 and the show started soon after. I have to say – I loved it. I had read Wicked by Gregory Maguire when it first came out about 13 years ago, and thought it was a clever, creative take on the Wizard of Oz series of books. Unlike so many movies that the book is way better than the film, this play was better than the book. It took a lot of liberties with the story line, but I loved the happy ending, I loved the idea of a sustained friendship between Glinda and Elphaba. If you haven’t seen Wicked yet, and don’t have tickets yet, run don’t walk to get tickets – it is fabulous!!!