When it comes to the food, the Old Fashioned is overrated. And disappointing, because their foods are relatively simple and therefore should be done consistently well. It's the usual story in disappointing Madison restaurants: no subtlety and a lack of attention to detail.\n\nAfter several experiences with sandwiches that were only okay, in later visits I moved on to the specials. Twice I had the Saturday night prime rib and twice I was disappointed. Because they don't know (or care about) the difference between rare and medium-rare. Also, forget about the French Onion soup. What should be an old-school crock with a layer of parmesan and gruyere bubbling over a salty onion beef broth is instead a weak pretender, with hardly a layer of cheese worth mentioning. Come on now.\n\nI will say that the accompanying wedge salad is more than decent and that the onion string fries are a terrific. But they are not the main event and can't carry the show by themselves. \n\nI say all this actually *liking* the Old Fashioned, its concept and experience. It could be great, but it's just not.