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| - It breaks my little heart to rate Gus's Sir Beef two stars - especially since the staff are very sweet and down to earth. But alas, my meal and overall impression of the place was sub par at best.
The place: It's an establishment. Gus's has been around for some time and it shows. It's an old school Southern diner esque, classic meat & three, etc. And that's completely fine by me, but the building is showing some major wear and the menus are a bit crusty and food laden. You only get one chance to make a first impression...
The staff: As mentioned, everyone here is kind and sweet. The kind of place where the server calls you "hun" and probably has for 30 years.
The food: Just not bueno for me. On Gus's menu, he purports that he uses only farm fresh veggies from his actual farm. Well, it didn't look like it in my "crisp" salad. My bowl of greens looked, and tasted, straight out of a mixed greens bag. And the lettuce was swimming in cool water with a touch of dressing. For my main lunch course I chose the cheese ravioli which came out crusted and baked with oodles of plastic-y cheese. The sauce tasted canned and the ravioli were essentially tasteless.
Needless to say, I left Gus's Sir Beef hungry and disappointed. I really wanted to like this classic lunch spot, but it fell very short of a winner for me.
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