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Now, getting into the facility - as a first timer, I was kind of looking around before getting out of the vehicle. Kinda sketchy seeing what I felt was a homeless individual sitting on the curb of the property.
Walking in - the place is HUGE! Wide open, and tall ceilings. When walking in, first view is the bar after the hostess area. You don't even see any of the tables, as it is all hiding behind a mini wall barrier and blends in with the wood walls. Got to the table, and gotta say I love the old fashioned wooden vibe in this place. A small ding on cleanliness of the tables and chairs. As I was moving down the booth, my hand kept coming across crumbs from previous diners. Was not very pleasant to feel that, and having to wipe my hands to clean off someone else's crumbs.
I had gone on a week night, so there really wasn't much of a crowd - kinda surprising for a week night right at prime time dining (6pm), so that kinda made me skeptical of the food right off the bat. But I held my hopes out.
I really did want to try the bbq meats, but my poor lil tummy just would not tolerate an all you can eat affair. I would not have gotten my money's worth of ribs! So instead I opted for the catfish (OK HUGE MASSIVE ALMIGHTY PROPS for having catfish on the menu!!!!! Haven't seen catfish on a menu in this valley until now, and I do like my catfish.) Now - you do get to choose two sides, so I chose - salad and coleslaw and threw veggies as an extra to balance it all out. (and I ended up having a cornbread and two little hushpuppy bites as well included in the meal).
The catfish - YUMMY crust! I'm very used to beer battered fish, so was thinking hmm don't know how the cornmeal crust thing is gonna work out but I'm game for something new. And I was not disappointed! The cornmeal was not hard at all, but had just the right amount of crunch to it without cracking your teeth or getting stuck. The fish very moist and tender, not over done, and not dried out!
Coleslaw - is a cross between the vinegar and mayo based types. I liked it - had the perfect crunch, and right blend of mayo and vinegar touches. I'm more partial to the vinegar based ones (sorry no offense, but no one can beat the yummy morsels from my Grandma's version, which is all vinegar based).
Veggies & salad - nothing fancy to report about - frozen veggies - boiled and seasoned or steamed and seasoned. Lettuce, on a plate! (I'm just thankful it wasn't iceberg lettuce, which is known for being one of the least nutritional lettuces out there).
Cornbread - tasty little bite. Very sweet and moist.
Hushpuppies - oh boy - make sure you have drink readily available. These little devils have quite the kick! They throw in fresh jalapeno bits into the batter, so you get a little fire mouth surprise!
Now ---- the folks I was with - several had the all you can eat ribs. I will review these based on appearances only! First off - you can SEEEEEE that beautiful smoke ring in these bad boys! Yes there are places here that have forgotten what a smoke ring is but N 40 is NOT one of them. :) They use a very rich dark rub mixture/ wet mopping technique. So I'm assuming molasses or uber caramalized sugar in the mix. Now 3 of our party all had the ribs, and during our dining, they were chowing it all down, finger smacking, and lots of yums going around. The meat was pulling off the bone in the right way - so that it wasn't falling off the bone, but you weren't playing tug of war with it either.
Some of the gals had the mac 'n' cheese, and they all had a dislike for it. They all agreed and stated the noodles were dry, and there was not enough of a cheese sauce involved.
Service wise, we did have a little hiccup (a 15 min. gap) - our waitress had needed a break or something, and said she would make sure we were being looked after - fine no issues. Buuuuut apparently the folks were not to keen on helping her out as they really didn't come over to check up on us, or send out the refills outside of delivering water only once to us. Now our waitress came back and was rightfully peeved that our service was not taken care of (some needing water, others wanting a refill of their ribs, and others needing to go boxes - basic stuff, nothing outstanding). So she was a little short while trying to get everything squared away - and like I said, understandable if she was peeved that her peers weren't helping her out. I would be too if I had been in her shoes. She was very apologetic about the whole thing, and comped some of us, but we weren't really upset about it - just like "anyone coming soon?" with some hopeful looks to snag a service person.
Soooo - I think I'll come back here again to try the bbq stuff with the fam.
Happy dining!
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