McLean Village

THIS REVIEW ONLY APPLIES TO McLEAN VILLAGE’S MOTHER“S DAY LUNCHEON
Four days ago, I ordered salmon for dinner at one of the most iconic restaurants in New England– Ken’s Steakhouse on Route 9 in Framingham, MA. Today I ordered salmon at a mother’s day luncheon at a nursing home in Simsbury. Guess which salmon was a zillion times better than the other? The salmon at McLean’s knocked the Ken’s salmon out of the park. It was moist and tender. Ken’s was overcooked to the point of dried out brittleness.
I think it’s very nice that McLean’s can provide a high quality lunch for relatives of it’s clients on special days such as Mothers Day. It cost just $ 14 and included Chardonnay or sparkling grape juice, a choice of salmon or chicken florentine with a mix and match choice of rice, stuffed baked potato, carrots and asparagus. Oh, and strawberry cheesecake and coffee.
Hats off to the food service folks and servers at McLean’s who proved to me that eating institutionalized food doesn’t have to be a terrible experience. They did a real nice job of providing lunch for about 75 people and made Mother’s Day a little bit nicer for their clients and their families.