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Flat Iron Rotisserie & Grill
3752 E. Indian School Rd. ~ 602.522.8500

Lunch with the boys is still a favorite topic of mine. The idea is simple: forward your desk phone to your cell, and start walking to the elevator, hollering back over your shoulder, “lunch!” while abandoning your duties wherever they lay: client’s folders scattered, a half written e-mail, NPR muttering on the desk radio, the bastard pen cap chewed and forgotten in the corner.

Out of sight and out of mind, for the next hour I will be in the company of friends looking through the menu for just the right sandwich and competing for the best story about the sciatica which has grounded our wives or dreaming up a business scheme which makes us millionaires, like a twenty-four hour sports channel dedicated only to tall Asian women and their endless nine-ball tournaments.

The Flat Iron Grill is a good rendezvous for the boy’s lunch and while I am clearly the one who makes the biggest trek from Central and Columbus, it’s not bad if I avoid Indian School and use Osborn.

I know that lunch with the boys does not usually inspire the ordering of appetizers, but I must advise Flat Iron’s Applewood Bacon Wrapped Jumbo Shrimp, Grilled over Pecan Wood, with Four Onion Marmalade and Roasted Poblano Grits ($10.95). Not only is this a great starter, which leaves a mound of grits to return to for the rest of the meal, but it’s always a kick for me to see who gets stuck with the app on their check.

Our friend, the famous good doctor, had the Chicken Fried Steak with Sweet and Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes with Black Pepper Gravy ($8.95). Personally, I can’t have a beer in the afternoon. It will put me straight to sleep. The doctor however, no stranger to fine living, paired the crispy, salty homage to comfort food with a sweet, dark porter from the tap at the bar. The combination commanded respect.

My other associate, a foodie like myself, had the Rotisserie Roasted Leg of Lamb, Queso Fresco, Roast Poblano, Plum Tomato, Spinach, Pickled Onion with Raspberry Chipotle Sauce on Flat Bread, also known, I’m sure, as the Lamb sandwich ($8.95). This was an inventive and very good spread of flavors. Sweet from the raspberries, smoky chipotle and the savory, thinly sliced lamb.

My choice, the Flat Iron Meatloaf, was full of surprise as well. Ground Veal and Pork with Applewood Bacon and Smoked Cheddar, basted in Bourbon Barbeque Sauce, served with Sweet and Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes ($8.95) was tasty and could satisfy two appetites.

While The Flat Iron Grill is a great lunch, the Iron stays fired into the evening with a large dinner menu and an active bar with more wines by the glass than I’m used to choosing from. Steaks and Pork Chops headline, as well as the signature Flat Iron Steak. They are open daily for lunch and dinner.