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| - I really like this place. And I'm fortunate that it's across the street from where I work. I've been about 6 times in total, including today.
Right now, Monday and Tuesday are buffet days. The buffet is a bit amateurish, like a cheap catered meal- Sterno under disposable aluminum trays- but, honestly. Forget that. The food is great.
The buffet gives you a sample of what they've got on their menu. It's all good, but let me mention a couple of standouts. Their Alligator Chili and Gumbo are out of this world.
The Chili is sweet, with a building hot that never becomes so overly hot as to distract from the fact that this stuff is yummy! Alligator, anondule sausage, and if I'm remembering correctly- crawfish and beans add protein and texture to the delicious base. So far, my favorite dish here!
But the gumbo is also fantastic, don't forget to give it a try as well. It's just not as fresh in my mind, and I would oh so hate to lead you astray, dear reader.
We have always gotten great service and it's never crowded at lunchtime, I hope this isn't an indication they aren't doing well, because I hope to be stopping in her for some time to come.
Oh. One more thing about today's visit. Three of us ordered the "entree" sized bowl of chili today. What a mistake! I normally wouldn't call us "light" eaters, but we got about half way through this repast and just stalled out, full. Ah well, leftovers for lunch tomorrow! Or, what the heck, breakfast.
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After telling my wife the above, many times. We went to Creole's for dinner. What a disappointment. After many wonderful lunches with the same great chili - the chili was, quite honestly, bad tonight. Not awful. But not worth ordering twice. This is a 180 degree turnaround from all my previous visits when the chili has been just fantastic.
In addition to this - The fried oysters I ordered were over cooked and over breaded. And the hurricane I ordered seemed to be ALL sweet syrup. The only thing about the dinner tonight that was even remotely good was the gumbo, which was as delicious as ever.
I would have rated the dinner tonight a two star at best, but in deference to the GREAT lunches I've had here - and hopefully I will have more, I am only dropping my original review by one star.
Was this a fluke? I hope so. I really hope so.
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