Chilled Cork

Excellent food, kind staff, and cool scene. What more could you want?

Wow I was kind of lost and hungry so I check Unilocal and found that place!
It is wonderful the décor is great, the food was perfect.
The server is a work of art, speaks 4 languages and offer me something not on the menu filets mignon with Gorgonzola sauce and I asked them to make me my favorite pasta on the side and they did.
I usually don’t go for five stars but they hit the target big time.
Getting lost, is half the fun in life.

I had supper tonight at the Chilled Cork.
I ordered the pork chop special with tomato scalloped potatoes. Brittanie, my server, started me with yummy rolls and butter. A starter also came with the meal, either soup or salad. I chose the Mexican chicken and rice soup. It was hearty and delicious!
Though I’d asked for no veggies or mushrooms, the meal came with both so I scraped them to the side. The pork chop was very good! I love scalloped potatoes and have never had them with tomatoes. These weren’t scalloped potatoes as there was no cream. They were roasted potatoes with tomato sauce on top and weren’t very good :(
I was craving something sweet so ordered the warm chocolate cake. It was yummy!
Brittanie and the other server took good care of me.

The quality of food is great and the menu offers decent variety. Service is prompt and courteous. I have eaten breakfast and dinner here and will do so again.

I sat for a half an hour after being seated & given a drink. I was waiting for someone that wasn’t able to make it and I had a reservation for two. I wasn’t addressed again until I left. On my way out, I found hotel staff who listened to my complaint, but then did nothing to address the problem other than to take my contact information and make me feel like I didn’t belong there in the first place. Not a good experience.

I came to Chatham on business. When I asked the people at the hotel where I could go for dinner, Chilled Cork was actually not one of the restaurants they listed… but it should be.
Chilled Cork is a wonderfully lit restaurant in what looked to be Chatham’s downtown area. Now, given I went on a Tuesday night so it wasn’t packed but I’d still like to say that the service was great. I couldn’t decide between the perch and the the Tagliatelle pasta so I asked my waiter who said that he was a fan of the pasta so that’s what I went with.
The waiter (I wish I’d caught his name) told me he was a fan of the blue cheese cream sauce on the pasta and I have to agree that it was great. And for those that aren’t a fan of blue cheese, if someone at your table orders this dish, I’d still recommend you try it. The pungent taste of blue cheese (which I actually enjoy) was toned down so that it didn’t overpower all the other flavors in the dish. It was a generous portion of pasta but since I couldn’t take it with me, I managed to eat almost all of it. I didn’t regret it until I heard the waiter telling the table next to mine the dessert options. Next time…
They also have a decent size wine list. I think my only complaint would be that many of the wine options came only by the bottle and not by the glass. I wasn’t sure that I’d be able to expense (or drink) and entire bottle so I just chose a Cabernet that came by the glass.
I only have one night left in Chatham and I’d like to see if I can find another gem of a restaurant while I’m here but I’m tempted to go back to Chilled Cork to try this molten chocolate cake that was mentioned!