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By Amy L. Schubert Food Writer Photography by Elizabeth Setterfield E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Amy L. Schubert

Published April 14, 2008 at 5:37 a.m.

Tags: kincaid's, restaurants unlimited group, seafood, riverwalk

With a new sign emblazoned on the Downtown skyline, Kincaid's, 1110 N. Old World 3rd St., opened its doors in a space that for many years harbored Third Street Pier.

Milwaukee is the newest locale for the Restaurants Unlimited Group's Kincaid's, which also serves Bloomington, and St. Paul, Minn.; Burlingame, Carmel, Oakland and Redondo Beach, Calif., Honolulu; Phoenix; and Norfolk, Va.

Kincaid's, like so many other chain fish, chop and steakhouses, features an interior laden with wood and a menu with myriad options for seafood and meat lovers alike. What Kincaid's offers that is different is a lovely view of the Milwaukee River, and an outdoor patio abutting the riverfront.

In addition to standard fare -- a seafood platter which serves multiple diners, shared sides to complement their chops and seafood, and several monstrous cuts of beef -- Kincaid's menu is peppered with some more adventurous items including a seafood deviled egg trio ($8) which pairs the deviled classics with hot sauce and three tiny shrimp, Dungeness lump crab meat and smoked salmon, and a bacon wrapped kobe meatloaf ($17).

Pricing for dinner entrées starts in the teens for entrée salads like a maple chicken ($15) with pears, toasted pecans, Maytag blue cheese and a maple vinaigrette, or a prime rib French dip ($15) accompanied with bacon mac 'n' cheese, and run into the mid-to-high 30s for daily seafood specials and Bering Sea red king crab legs ($34) with grilled asparagus.

For lunches, diners can pair a combination of soup and salad ($11.50) or soup and half sandwich ($12.50), or choose from salads, sandwiches, or specialties which run the gamut from crispy fish tacos ($10) to roasted garlic prawns ($16) to chicken fettuccine with asparagus and prosciutto ($14).

Sandwiches come with homemade potato chips or French fries and range from $8 to $11, with an additional $1 charge for sweet potato fries. All dinner steaks are also available during lunch for the more famished in the lunch crowd.

Kincaid's is non-smoking and offers a children's menu for a family-friendly dining experience, assuming, of course, you can find parking in this busy strip of Old World 3rd Street. Valet parking or self-service parking runs a crisp $8 here, but at least if you have to take a short walk, you're on one of the prettier strips of Downtown.

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Posted by Openmind on June 1, 2008 at 11:39 a.m. (report)

Try Kincaid's again, it has improved! We have eaten there 2 Saturdays in a row and have had Excellent food and prompt service. Both times we were very pleased. The soups are wonderful made from scratch with a soup not "pudding" consistency. The New England Clam Chowder I had on a Saturday night (not Friday Fish Fry soup) had fresh clams, not the rubbery things you generally find in the long stewing Friday night "pudding"

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Posted by mamabecks on April 23, 2008 at 11:35 a.m. (report)

I was excited to try Kincaid's, but very disappointed with our experience. We had difficulty with the service & when we asked to speak to the manager, it did not improve at all. The food was good, but not outstanding enough to make up for the poor service. And several of us had to send back our poorly made cocktails.

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Posted by j.oscar on April 19, 2008 at 2:14 p.m. (report)

One of the worst dinning experiences ever. Went there last night with my wife, my dear friend, and 3 others. Everything from our table not being "bussed" when we went to it, to the plastic water bottles for water service, to the wine glasses smelling like fish and chemicals, and a lot more. Service was terrible, ripping other restaurants apart, cue card reading, un-personal service and very unattentive. Food was average at best, calamari seemed like it was from the bottom of the barrell; the crab cake tasted nothing like "KING' crab meat or any kind of crab for the matter, the steaks were definitely not Prime like our server told us, tasted old and had no flavor. The side dishes very bland. Everything. I am sorry to rip a place apart but come on, this place is absolutely terrible. I hope it gets it act together because it is a restaurant in Milwaukee and we need the best.

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Posted by AcesFull711 on April 16, 2008 at 9:05 a.m. (report)

@mitchgat - I'm not a Chain-hater at all. I enjoy places like Capital Grille and Flemings, but I don't think Kincaid's should call themselves a "Steakhouse". Then again, Ponderosa calls themselves a Steakhouse so I guess it's nitpicking a bit on my part.

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Posted by mrjohn on April 15, 2008 at 3:11 p.m. (report)

The debate of chains versus indie restaurants will live on forever. There's good and bad in both. In the past two weeks, my wife and I made a visit to both Kincaid's and Meritage. Both were equally pleasant, service was great but the money shot is always the food - and neither place disappointed. I am quite enthralled we live in a city that can accomodate both types of places. I can't fathom the thought of living in a city the size of Green Bay, where Applebees IS a nice night out for many.

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