{"id":30569,"date":"2026-04-07T18:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=30569"},"modified":"2026-04-06T08:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:56:19","slug":"brians-first-time-at-georges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=30569","title":{"rendered":"Brian&#8217;s First Time at George&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55144624536\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55144624536_bc4200440c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our friend Jim had a list of restaurants to try during his visit to Wichita. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgesfrenchbistro.com\/\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George&#8217;s French Bistro<\/a> was on his list. I had been there for lunch a few times over the years, but I&#8217;d never had dinner there; and since Brian had never been there before, we decided to join him. Julie Egy and Brady Randall joined as well. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55143727332\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55143727332_df41104aa4_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian had an old fashioned, which he said was the best old fashioned he had ever had. I can&#8217;t remember if it was $22 or $24 dollars. I just remember thinking it was expensive and telling him that at that price, it had better be good.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55144784533\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55144784533_5a05e73716_b.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55144857214\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55144857214_9b672a257d_b.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I got a French kiss, which was good but also expensive. I decided I wasn&#8217;t going to do any drinking there in the future unless it was happy hour. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55144784168\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55144784168_2d2780e3a9_b.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some pictures of our food.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55144625201\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55144625201_21ff0c6e84.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55145003690\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55145003690_12f3696514.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55144857219\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55144857219_9ee1ab196d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I should have posted this shortly after our dinner because I honestly cannot remember what everyone got. Except, I know Brian got this very messy looking poutine thing. He seemed to like it.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55144784178\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55144784178_b545ee175d_b.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55144784198\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55144784198_9433822788.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55144784218\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55144784218_678bfd8fda.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55144857229\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55144857229_f12ab1ff8e_b.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My red snapper was just okay. Not as good as the red snapper at the Belmont or <a href=\"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=14246\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the whole one I had at Larios on the Beach<\/a> in Miami.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55144857289\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55144857289_9b11a14785.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The opera cake was great finish, though.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55144857259\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55144857259_cfe2b37bd7.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bottom line? Our dinner was quiet expensive. While the food and service were both good, it wasn&#8217;t fantastic. I don&#8217;t know if I see the value because we have other restaurants like the Belmont that we really love that don&#8217;t cost quite as much. Unless you&#8217;re going for happy hour, this is probably more of a special occasion type of place for us. Our total for the charcuterie board app, two drinks, two entrees, and dessert cost way more than we&#8217;re comfortable spending on weekly dinners &#8212; maybe not even monthly. This is maybe a once or twice a year type dinner, but maybe not even because Brian isn&#8217;t a huge fan of French or fancy food. He&#8217;s pretty basic. The highlight of the whole dinner for him was his old fashioned. <\/p>\n<p>The opera cake was good but nothing really stood out to me as having been fantastic. If a friend really wants to go there, we could probably be talked into going, but if it&#8217;s just the two of us then Brian and I would probably much rather go elsewhere. We are just not that fancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our friend Jim had a list of restaurants to try during his visit to Wichita. George&#8217;s French Bistro was on his list. I had been there for lunch a few times over the years, but I&#8217;d never had dinner there; and since Brian had never been there before, we decided to join him. 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