| rev:text
| - Years ago I used to eat at the Scottsdale location quite a bit for lunch and occasionally the Peoria location. This place was never great, but it wasn't bad either. It was just a place to go when you were feeling especially hungry as the portions sizes are filling. Over time, I noticed the quality started to slip and I no longer wanted to spend my hard earned money there. The other day I took my family to the Peoria location after a several year hiatus from this place. We were in the area, so I decided to give this place another try; hopeful that things had improved over the years. Wrong! The Peoria restaurant is dump. The floors were dirty, our table was dirty, the TV's were dirty, the bathrooms were dirty, and even the waitresses were dirty, (which is the only good thing I can say about this place, eh hem). We attempted to watch the Cardinals game on TV, but found it difficult to see the game as most of the TV there are about the size of my computer monitor at home. Ad into the mix horrible reception, and this place does not make for a good place to watch a sporting event. We were sat at a table where sunlight was piercing through an opening in the window covering blinding my wife and daughter who were facing it. We asked our server to close the blinds and she told us that there was nothing she could do because the window was not in her area. Huh? She told us to wait it out as the sun would be gone in about an hour. We were not expecting to be there more than an hour so there was no way we were going to sit there being uncomfortable so instead we jumped to an empty table across the aisle to prevent the laser beam from burning a hole in our heads, which seemed to piss off our server because she was losing money by losing a table because no one wanted to sit there. My son and I ordered the meatball sub and when it was delivered I knew immediately something was wrong. The sauce was black in color. One bite confirmed what I already knew...the sauce was burnt. My son and I opted to send it back which prompted the manager to come over to our table and explain to us that they removed the peppers from their original sauce recipe thus making it that color. What a load of crap! Removing peppers from tomato sauce will not make tomato sauce turn black nor will it make it taste burnt, over cooking it will. Even if it had this effect, why would you think anyone would find this color or flavor appealing? I am 45 years old and 240 pounds, needless to say, I know meatball subs. The sauce and meatballs were overcooked. Old sauce, continuously reheated sauce, and excessive temperatures produce this effect on tomato sauce. My son and I opted to try another sandwich instead, but by the time our food finally arrived the rest of my family had long since finished their meals and were anxious to leave. Even our replacement sandwiches weren't all that great so I paid our bill and got the hell out of there with ¾ of my sandwich sitting there on the table. To add insult to injury, our crappy meal was nearly 80 dollars for three adults and one small child. That is way too much money to spend on food like this, in a place like this, Flemings or Firebirds yes, but not Uncle Sam's restaurant.
|