The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
By Joe Amarante
We’re always looking for dining trends and specials, especially healthy ones, but Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse caught our eye with its new Steakmanship Series.
One option gets you either a 12ounce domestic wagyu strip steak or a 14-ounce bone-in ribeye, for $60 (plus sides). The $160 option, called “Flight 23,” gets you both of those plus a 6-ounce filet mignon.
But wait, there’s more. For $223, a “Legendary Flight” will score you those three steaks plus Jonah crab, scallops Rockefeller and Maine lobster. Yikes. The offering comes from Jordan’s home restaurant in Chicago, where it’s a regular item.
Here, it’s a weekend item, or on an occasional weeknight menu
“We’re gonna get that one guy who comes in and he’s like ... I’ll have that’ and do it by himself.’ ”
Kyle Beausoleil, executive chef, Michael Jordan’s in Mohegan Sun
when a big show is in the arena, said Kyle Beausoleil, executive chef at Michael Jordan’s in Mohegan Sun. The offering began Oct. 26.
“It actually went really, really well,” Beausoleil said in a phone chat. “We sold about 14 total . ... You have the option to buy two of the steaks a la carte. We sold a bunch of a la carte steaks, so it definitely was worth it for us.”
Beausoleil, 38, said the flight combos will feed four or five people and some parties did that. Then again, “I’m sure we’re gonna get that one guy who comes in and he’s like, ‘Oh, that sounds great; I’ll have that,’ and do it by himself, you know?”
Born in Killingly in eastern Connecticut, Beausoleil worked his way into a tough business with no