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On the field, things haven’t exactly gone according to plan for Kansas City Chiefs superstars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.
In fact, things have gone as badly as they could have possibly imagined. The Chiefs are eliminated from playoff contention with three games yet to play. Mahomes suffered a torn ACL in Sunday’s loss to the Chargers. Kelce sounds like a man who knows his time has come and passed.
And it turns out things aren’t going any better off the field for the star duo.
Travis Kelce And Patrick Mahomes’ Steakhouse Gets Scathing Review
In September, Mahomes and Kelce teamed up to open a steakhouse in downtown Kansas City that is aptly named 1587 Prime, a combination of their two jersey numbers.
Recently, longtime Kansas City food critic Liz Cook attended the restaurant and wrote a review for Defector. Unfortunately for the Chiefs’ stars, the review was not exactly glowing.
Cook talked about how the restaurant offered plenty of glitz and glamour, but lacked substance. She noted lengthy wait times, as well as dishes and cocktails that sounded fancy but failed to deliver.
But most importantly, Cook noted that “The main trouble with 1587 Prime isn’t its child-like idea of luxury. It’s that it’s a steakhouse that doesn’t nail the steaks.”
Now, a steakhouse struggling to serve good steaks would be problematic in any context. But it’s even more of a problem when you consider that Kansas (which is just five minutes from Kansas City, Missouri), is the third-largest beef producer in the United States.
If you can’t run a successful steakhouse in Kansas City of all places, where can you?
“In some respects, a flashy celebrity steakhouse means the same thing everywhere. But it means something else in Kansas City, a cowtown whose economic engine was its stockyards, once the second-largest in the country, and which has struggled for years to cultivate a high-end dining scene,” Cook writes.
Visitors can also order the “Mahomes Ketchup Flight,” which involves three small servings of Heinz-based ketchup and will cost you $10 (previously $15!) to go alongside your side of fries, should you order the steak frites.
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“Complaining about the prices at 1587 Prime is like complaining about the wind on Mount Everest: predictable, but hardly the worst part of the experience,” Cook continued in her brutal review.
She also noted that several signature dishes on the menu are not unique to 1587 Prime, and can be found at other properties run by Noble 33, the Miami-based restaurant group that operates the business. The steakhouse also outsources its bread and desserts, which would be fine if the restaurant would tell diners as much, and if not for the obscene prices.
“Ultimately, 1587 Prime is a parched vision of luxury, simultaneously overreliant on ChatGPT-grade luxury tropes, rehashed ideas from its outside restaurant group, and lazy local outsourcing for stations that a top-tier restaurant should staff,” Cook concluded.
However, she notes that the disappointing food and service may not matter.
The restaurant is consistently booked solid. Cook notes the allure of Noble 33 properties and famous names, paired with the fact that the latter is set to marry some musician named Taylor Swift.
“If you’re one of those first-timers, learn from my mistakes,” she warns. “You do not have to order the Heinz ketchup flight, you do not have to buy the Taylor Swift cocktail that tastes like a candle and is garnished with a flaming Brillo pad, you do not have to sacrifice your servers’ eyebrows at the altar of the tableside flambé. Above all, you do not have to “come here for the bit.” The bit just isn’t that interesting.”
Maybe Mahomes and Kelce don’t care?
They’re seemingly making money either way. But you’d hope the pair would take at least a little bit of pride in the product providing for their fans, because they’re certainly not providing a very good one on the football field these days.