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| - Was driving by on a Saturday at 6:15, on our way to someplace else-- hungry as H-E-double hockey sticks. Walked inside-- it looked interesting and wasn't busy, so we gave it a shot.
Our waitress was very friendly... and amazingly disorganized. It took her four trips to bring our drinks. First she came by to ask what we wanted. My partner wanted Diet Pepsi; I asked if they had chocolate shakes. She needed to see if the ice cream was soft enough. (?)
Comes back with the Pepsi. Is the Ice Cream OK? She forget to check, so I ask for water.
Comes back with the water... and still forgot to check. I order a Pepsi.
"Oh, good", she says. "I just poured a Pepsi and then I realized it was supposed to be diet." She didn't realize that the person who ordered it was sitting next to me at the counter. (She realized it when she brought a refill later.)
Brings back the Pepsi... "BTW, the ice cream, is OK When we get it in, sometimes it's really frozen and we have to let it thaw until we can work with it.."
Had they been busy, this would have been a nightmare. Having that much sweat equity invested, I got a shake. She asked if I wanted whipped cream (yes). It was so thick it had to be eaten with a spoon. It's VERY good. (The whipped cream is sweetened; the chocolate shake doesn't seem to be made with syrup-- just milk & ice cream.)
Asked what was good. "We sell a lot of the roast beef and the meatloaf. The cheesesteak is very good. So is the pulled pork. But if you want something else, just ask me, I'll tell you-- and I'm not a very good liar, so you'll know."
I'd spotted something on the menu, so I asked about the fish & chips. "Oh, yeah-- That's really good."
It was. Three medium-size pieces of fish-- but fish that hadn't been t frozen-- with a nice beer batter. It was blazing hot and crisp. It came with a huge handful of fresh-cut fries (peels on), 3 hush puppies (not from a mix) and cole slaw that probably came in a big tub-- and is stored at an uncooled salad station.
Again a service note: I had a choice of regular fries, steak fries or curly fries. I ordered "steak"; I got "regular." (I didn't bother sending them back-- I prefer "chips", but these looked good. They were.)
The other order was a fistful of pulled pork (incredibly moist and soft), curly fries (vastly better than Arby's), 8 hush puppies and (by choice) a big bowl of pasta salad with a homemade dressing. (Oddly enough, none of the barbecue orders come with bread and butter.) The only real lowlight on the plate was the sauce (which tasted bottled).
We split an order of the fried Mac & Cheese-- it came out lickety-split and was so hot that we actually had to let it cool. It's got about 15 triangles (enough for two), is made with lots of real cheddar and comes with a big bowl of dipping sauce
The pies are out in a display case. The selections change from day to day; we didn't order any because (a) we were stuffed and (b) that day's selection didn't appeal to us (peanut butter pie in 90-degree heat?). They're huge; they looked good.
Can I imagine the place getting backed up? Yup. The two waitresses greeted almost everyone who walked in by name-- but they were always asking people to wait a minute. (We had to ask for silverware and ketchup.) I can believe, when it gets busy, that people could get cold food-- or the wrong food..
But what we got was VERY good. And it was $27. I think if I drove by again-- and saw that it was packed-- I'd keep driving. But if it wasn't busy, I'd stop. And, based on the pulled pork, I'd probably go for the roast beef.
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