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| - I was craving burgers for lunch something fierce the other day and since Kickstand had just opened in the neighborhood I convinced the roommate that we should absolutely go. I had heard good things and he seemed pleased when he tried it with a friend the week before, so my expectations were high.
Here's the breakdown:
Service: Super. Better than that. Amazingly super! Everyone was very attentive, to the point where the bartender flipped the tv in our booth to the Hokies game without our having to ask because we both had on Virginia Tech t-shirts. The servers were fantastically friendly as well.
Decor: It's bicycle themed, y'all. It's bright and clean and very very bicycle themed.
Booze: The beer list was of decent length and filled with interesting, non-bud/miller/coors choices. My Cottonwood Pumpkin even came with some pumpkin pie spice around the rim. They seem to have a generous amount of drink specials which the server made sure to inform us of. Roomie was a touch sad they didnt have Shiner on tap, but he will live.
Food: Here's where my review begins to falter a bit. I got the Cross Country, which came with pepperjack, pico-de-gallo, onion, tomato, lettuce, jalepeno spread, guacamole (which i actually dislike but didnt see in the list) & and a partridge in a pear tree. There was so many toppings that nothing really shone through. In fact I couldn't even detect the dreaded guac. My side of sweet potato fries was adequate but the dipping sauce tey gave me tasted like straight-up pancake syrup. Not my cup of tea (or should I say, cup of sugar). My roommate go the Hungover Cyclist, which is a burger between two grilled cheese sandwiches. The problem was that he sandwiches were made on texas toast so there was just too much darn bread to properly eat the thing.
I don't like to make flat out direct comparisons in reviews, but frankly, if you are thinking of eating at Kickstand, do yourself a favor and go to Big Daddy's instead. It is essentially the same restaurant, but BDs just makes tastier food.
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