Today we took a little trip here for lunch. The place was nice and clean. I thought the silverware tucked away in its own little protective sleeve was cool. Especially during flu season when you don't want viruses falling on your fork before you even get there.
Our waitress brought our menus and took our drink order. She was incredibly nice and very engaging with us. Unfortunately she had to leave as it was the end of her shift. Luckily the waitress who replaced her was just as nice. She gave me some very detailed information on the items in the menu. I decided to try the bacon, mushroom, Swiss burger. My wife had the Charleston shrimp and grits and the kids had pancakes and Mac and cheese.
The burger was ok. A little dry for my taste. I wish there was mayo or some kind of aioli sauce. The bun seemed a little stale also. The bacon was cooked perfectly, nice and crispy, just the way I like it.
The Charleston shrimp and grits were interesting. I personally don't like grits but I tried it just because my wife ordered it. This is definitely not your regular grits. There were these grits mixture patties that were fried, swimming in some kind of sauce that reminded me of cream of mushroom without the mushroom flavor. The grit patties didn't have much flavor to them considering it's infused with cheese, roasted red peppers and andouille sausage. It had the texture of mashed potatoes with a fried outer shell. Believe it or not I liked this dish better than my burger. Eating all the different components all in one bite made me go back for more and before I knew it I had eaten one the patties.
The Mac and cheese had good flavor but the noodles were over cooked.
Now it sounds like we had a bad experience with the food here but I am totally going back there again.