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| - First, a big kudos to the management team of all the Lizards -- they've taken the step of adding nutrition information to their online menu, something most restaurants are very reluctant to do. While I'll be shocked at how many calories I stuff into my face when it comes out, I'm glad they're taking this step toward letting people be aware (or negligent) of their own nutrition.
I do enjoy the Lizard. I don't have to get the same old beer since there's over three hundred on tap and in bottles in any given year. I'm a proud world tourist, and they make a great drink. The food is tasty, if basic. I'd love to see something a bit more daring a bit more in my face and challenging. I realize there's no sort of chef du cuisine, or any sort of that at each restaurant, but, if you're going to offer really good beer along side okay, mass produced beers, why not offer really good food to go along side pretty good food? That would create a tremendous niche for the Lizard (so long as they don't call it a gastropub, because WHO EVEN KNOWS WHAT THAT IS?!).
The burgers are good, and with the option to replace your meat patty with an Angus Beef (not a style of beef or anything -- it's simply a designation of beef that goes hand in hand with Choice, Prime, etc. Doesn't mean it's better than grass fed, just that it satisfied the Angus Beef board.) or Turkey patty is great. The wing sauces are tasty, though the higher you go on the "heat" chain, the more of a broad spectrum you get. I don't know that the Cajun is spicier than the Garlic, but, they're tasty. I really dig the chicken sandwiches, too. Get the one on Garlic Bread. I think it's the Chicken Parm. Oh, you will not be disappointed, friends.
My two gripes: I wish they offered a smaller fry. The gigantic steak fries are good when hot and fresh, but get soggy quick. If you're reading this, Lizard folks: You cannot go wrong with a crinkle cut fry. Don't worry about fresh cut. Crinkle cut.
Second gripe: Holy, holy loud Batman. The Lakewood and Independence joints get super loud thanks to a widely expansive bar with really tall ceilings. If there's game on, good luck having a discussion in the bar. Also, I wish the management team would police the aisles. Often times, two attractive girls decide to grab a beer, and invariably, hundreds of hambones circle their table making it impossible for people to get by. If there's twenty people in the bar, fine. If there's hundreds? Plow the roads, folks. Tell people to sit or beat it. While you're a full bar, Lizard, you're still a restaurant first.
All in all, you really can't go wrong with any of the Lizards. I'm partial to the one down the street from me, but, they're all very consistent, and you're getting food that'll taste the same at each. I'd cut and paste this reply to each of them throughout the area, but, I think that'd be frowned upon.
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