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| - First, the good:
-we were seated quickly (nobody in the place, which I thought odd, considering there was a National League Division Series baseball game on the TV).
-drink orders were taken and served promptly.
-food orders were taken and served in a timely fashion.
-the server was nice.
The Bad (with a capital "B"):
-the beef brisket sandwich was easily the single most disgusting meal I have ever had. Even more disappointing considering I asked the server before ordering if it "was good". She assured me it was. I am the furthest thing from a gourmet on the face of this earth, but the brisket was so bad I wouldn't even serve it to my dog. Firstly, in terms of thickness, think cheap bacon. Cheap, fatty, gummy bacon. Secondly, in terms of consistency, think cheap bacon (fatty, stringy, NOT tender in the least). Simply BAD. They should be ashamed of themselves for calling this stuff "brisket", let alone serving it to the public.
-when the server asked how the brisket was, I told her. Because she appeared young and relatively inexperienced, I tried to be as polite as possible. It became apparent that she told no one in the kitchen, though. However, all is not lost. Perhaps she will spare a future customer from ordering the brisket. By the way, my wife ordered a "brisket salad", which is basically a salad with brisket on it, so no need to separately critique that.
-speaking of salads, that's what I had as my side. Very generic as salads go. Not bad, not good. No thousand island or sweet and sour dressing at Thirsty's, so I went with the blue cheese. Nothing exceptional, no chunks of blue cheese. Straight out of the bottle.
All in all, I'd say I learned my lesson. You want good brisket, go to The Double Wide or Nashville. Heck, I may even try the brisket at Arby's and update this review with a comparison.
I AM a slow learner, though. I WILL return to Thirsty's and try something else.
My prediction, though? This place will not last. Not unless they do something to improve the quality of their food. There are too many other places in this general area with much better food.
UPDATE:
Ok, so thought we would give it another shot. We revisited Thirsty's last week. We ordered something different this time: me, a burger with onion rings; my wife, the gyro.
I have to say, the burger was pretty awesome! And my wife said her gyro was very good. The onion rings were excellent, too. They serve them with some kind of bloomin' onion dipping sauce, too (no boring ketchup for your rings here!). I recently sampled the onion rings at J. Clark's; Thirsty's rings are much better.
The server was very nice; and efficient, too.
All in all, almost a total 180 from our first visit.
So, if you're visiting Thirsty's? Pretty decent. Just stay away from the brisket.
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