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| - I wanted to like this place, I really did.
And I love to support local businesses over chain restaurants.
Perhaps it was built up in my mind for too long before I went there.
But to be honest I was disappointed.
Let's start with the "Pro" column:
- Our waitress was fantastic, and she was tackling the entire place by herself, including playing hostess and expediter.
- The décor is cute kitsch, I love it.
- My daughter's lemonade was spot-on: tart but still sweet (I'm assuming it was homemade. If was Countrytime then I just look like a fool reviewing it ;0)
- Fries were great, and I'm super picky. Clearly they were a Kennebec potato recently, cuz the fries were fresh and crispy-soft.
- homemade tartar sauce was great.
Ok, now the "Cons":
- My halibut was SO disappointing. They were the thinnest filets I've ever seen off a halibut, and they were WAY overfried so it was like shoe leather.
- Everything was overfried. The onion rings had potential but they were SO crispy it was hard to eat, as were the shrimp.
- Price. I know it's an independent and so prices aren't going to be as cheap, but then quality should be way up, shouldn't it? My disappointing halibut with upgraded onion rings (and nothing else included) was $32. Even the chowder soup was close to $20 and it only had the tiny canned-size shrimp in it, and very few of those.
Sorry Pelican, like I said, I wanted to like you, I really did. But for $32 I'll go somewhere fancier and have much better halibut.
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