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| - I don't know what happened to this place. I remember going to the Roadrunner Saloon up on Buffalo and Washington when I was maybe 10 or 12 years old and it was actually pretty darn good. Then again, there must be something to the fact that one or two of the locations went out of business over the years...maybe a change of owners...there has to be something to explain how awful the food is now.
To start off, Dad I walked into the restaurant and noticed the seat yourself sign, so we filed into the mostly empty dining room and plunked down. There's a lot to draw your eye in this place, tons of TVs playing whatever sports game is on at the time as well as interesting western-inspired decor. In any case, we realized we had spent a good 5-10 minutes looking around without seeing any sign of a waitress.
She finally did show up and took our orders pretty quick. We chose the baked mac and cheese as an appetizer and it was alright. It was a little small and rather tasteless, but it was food and we were THAT hungry.
For our entrees, I had the Dr. Pepper marinated steak tacos and Dad had the Carne Asade Burrito. We couldn't have anticipated how gross both of these dishes would be. I can't necessarily describe how the meat tasted in the tacos. It was sweet and also had a strong char flavor to it...like eating cigarettes with powdered sugar on top. The rice on my platter was also undercooked in some sports, as I noticed several hard chunks of rice while I was chowing down. As for the burrito, we could have done bette with Chipotle!
Fortunately, like many of the other restaurants I've reviewed, I had a Groupon for $30. The bill came out to $35 for the two dishes and the appetizer. I thought this was overpriced for what we had.
It's unfortunate that this place has taken such a dive. I used to love coming there as a kid for the chicken fajitas, which are unfortunately no longer on the menu :(
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