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| - Like most restaurants at the Biltmore Fashion Park (and malls in general), Sam's Cafe feels very corporate (and it is part of the Canyon Cafe chain), but don't let that hold you back here. While there are better Southwestern places around, Sam's does a decent job with everything.
I've done dinner and drinks a few times before, but most recently had happy hour stuff at the bar - with reasonably priced margaritas, and friendly bartenders too. Decent, but so-so chicken tortilla soup and quesadillas.
Jake is right. This can be a pretty good date place, when you go with a pretty good date. My last dinner here was an awful date gone awry, but thankfully the food was the saving grace here (or maybe it was by default). Let's just say that my date almost got a swift kick in the ass on the way out and my delicious chile-rubbed steak almost got thrown as a weapon Napoleon Dynamite style. But I digress, back to the dinner. The steak was cooked as I asked (medium), and had a great marinade with a flavorful spiced rub, but the chile mashed potatoes were OK, and thought it lacked that chile punch that I was hoping for. While the food quality is OK here, it's just that - average.
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