Nothing was horrible, but given the hype, the price, and the quality of it's sister restaurant (Meat & Potatoes), we left very unimpressed.  I really debated between 2-3 stars, but I really felt that the tagline that accompanies 2 stars is pretty accurate.\n\n\"Meh. I've experienced better.\"\n\nCrispy Pig Wing - this was probably the best dish of the night.  Tasted kind of like sweet and sour chinese pork.\n\nSummer Squash - there was barely any squash on the board and consisted of a bunch of sauces smeared around, definitely not worth it!\n\nBone Marrow - at first, we were impressed by the size of the dish, but after taking a few bites, we were again very disappointed.  There wasn't much flavor to the bone marrow.  \n\nBeet Salad - a very meh salad.  consisted mainly of romaine lettuce.\n\nSteak Frites - decent, nothing special.  At this point, though we were pretty disappointed with the entire meal and were hoping for something more memorable.\n\nWe also ordered drinks, all of which were decent and probably the only thing I would suggest coming back to Butcher and the Rye for.  The decor and space are great.  (Except that it is a tad bit on the dark side, so you can barely see what you're eating...)  The atmosphere is fun, but the food just wasn't very good.  I really wanted to like this place, but I'm going to suggest that you only come here if you're looking for a place to grab drinks downtown in a nice setting.