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| - Two years ago, this place was a 4-5 star experience. Fun atmosphere, good food and large portions. My husband and I had Claim Jumper as our "anniversary dinner" place, and used to go probably bi-monthly.
On our last visit though, they had changed the menu. My first suggestion is that if you change the menu, the waitress should start with "Have you guys been here before," followed by a "Oh well, we changed a few things" if they say yes.
My staple food is the Stuffed Idaho potato, and I had no notice that they changed the recipe. Instead of a beautiful mountain of chopped brocoli, carrots, and zucchini under a layer of cheese, the potato was covered with greasy onions, veggies, and peppers. Additionally, the skin tasted hard as if it had been microwaved- which is not the norm for a $13 potato.
The Zucchini appetizer had also been changed. Instead of large strips of zucchini with light breading, the recipe is now tiny (as in calamari size) strips with a copious amount of over-salted breading. I used to enjoy being able to taste the vegetable- now all I taste is salt.
There are good things though- the waiting staff is always pleasant, but with a lack of personality. The chicken fried steak is my husband's favorite, and someone we go with always gets the chicken pot pie and loves it.
Overall: too expensive for their cheapened recipes (2 beers, 1 drink, 2 1/2 off appetizers and two meals was $80). Probably will not return anymore, which is sad since the Claim Jumper has been a part of so many memories with my family.
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