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| - We visited Leroy Fox this past Saturday night for the first time. They don't accept reservations (except for big parties), so we took our chance, hoping that it wouldn't be too long of a wait. Fortunately, despite the restaurant being packed, there was hardly a wait at all (only a couple of minutes), and there's a BIG waiting comfy area anyway.
Our first impression of the restaurant was the fantastic outdoor seating area. It's all enclosed so you actually feel like you're not jutting out into the parking lot. If it wasn't 50 degrees outside (the outdoor heaters still weren't doing the trick), we would have liked to have sat out there. But then we would have had to contend with the smokers out there, too, and that would not have been fun. Just passing through, we noticed the smoke tended to linger in that enclosed area. Bummer. Maybe summertime outdoor dining might not be an option either. I really liked the interior of the restaurant, too. It's casual, but very nice with the rustic wood.
Our second impression of the restaurant was the loudness of the place. Wow. We got used to it after awhile, but it definitely was crazy loud. Sound really carries throughout the whole rectangular-shaped dining room.
Their drinks are very reasonably priced. It's not often you see beer anymore at those prices without being "on special." We opted for the fancy hard liquor drinks, though, which ran about $8-10 (also good). I tried the Pamarita -- tequila, Pama, Cointreau, and sour mix. They definitely do not skimp on the tequila! You get your money's worth, and it tasted great, too.
For an app, we shared their "world famous" zucchini fries. They were really big and tasty. The fried coating on there tasted like KFC's fried chicken coating to me! It was very peppery, just the way I like it. I'm usually not a fan of fried chicken on the bone, but if it tastes like the coating on the zucchini fries, I might give it a try. I saw lots of BIG plates of fried chicken go by our table. Their portions will satisfy hungry appetites.
For my entree, I opted for the Honey Buffalo chicken sandwich. It was sweet and spicy with blue cheese crumbles melted on top. Very good, just like the zucchini fries. To give my body a break from the fried app and entree, I picked a side salad as my sandwich's side. It was only a $1 more. They do have a wide variety of other sides, though, too, so you don't always have to have fries.
Would we go back? Definitely. The food was "foxing fantastic" (their phrase, not mine), the service was great, and everything was very reasonably priced. The downsides are that it can be quite loud in the restaurant and if you want to sit outside in their awesome-looking patio, be prepared to inhale second-hand smoke.
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