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| - Been to Ricks several times since moving to the area. Neither myself nor my family have ever been really exuberant about our meals there. The atmosphere is nice, and they are certainly a landmark, and the prices are quite reasonable.
The problem that gets them two stars is the "meh" ness of the food. Burgers are served al la carte (sell me a cheeseburger with fries for $12, not an $8 burger and $4 fries! Fries are cheap! They appear cheap to the customer, build them in and charge for substitutes!) and they lack...character, they even lack garnish. I had a burger with a slice of pineapple and some tropical relish on it (don't judge!)
and that is exactly how it came. No pile of veggies on the side, no sprig of parsley...just a bun with a meat patty on half and a slice of pineapple on the other, and a glob of brownish relish on a 9 inch plate.
My wife got a chef salad of some kind. It was a salad, that was her review...and my kid got the cheeseburger that came with, you guessed it, fries for five bucks. My burger cost twice as much and hers had the appearance of twice as much food for the money because she got a handful of fries that could not have cost more than a dime to produce. I ate the rest of hers, but shouldn't have had to.
Ricks is our last-resort food stop in chagrin falls. We only went there this time because so many places were not yet open for lunch. Recommendation: poke your head inside and check out the Art Deco, then head on down the street to somewhere (anywhere, really) else.
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