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| - Tonight my friend and I decided to try it out for dinner. She had been here previously on a date, I was coming in blind.
I'll start by saying our waitress was very nice and polite. She came up to the table right away, and let us take our time on the menu. My friend came in knowing what she wanted, I was the one who needed to make up my mind.
We started with cheese curds, which were really good. My friend liked the ancho chili ranch that came with it, I wasn't a huge fan. To be fair on that, and it does color part of my review later, I really can't handle most peppers or spicy things. I know, I'm awful and a spice weenie.
My friend ordered the hand battered shrimp with the brisket baked beans and hush puppies. I ordered the ahi tuna tacos. Here's where things got a bit jumbled. As mentioned, peppers and I don't get along. I told the waitress that I can't eat peppers, so I would like it without the jalapeño slaw and with lettuce instead.
We'll start with my friend's dish, because I'm still super jealous I didn't order some myself. Their hand battered shrimp are awesome. They're big, the batter is crispy, and they've got good flavor without sauce. I tried her beans, and they didn't taste like anything super special to me. They were just baked beans. Hush puppies were a little over fried, and had jalapeños in it, something not mentioned in the menu. (I feel like main ingredients really need to make it on to menus more often)
My meal. Well, the first time it came out I was pretty excited looking at it, and the excitement kind of died out. The tuna, which had been listed as "seared with spices rare in the middle", was indeed just overcooked tuna. It was white all the way through and the pieces were small and jagged looking. The avocado mandarin salsa looked good, but had jalapeños all over it. I didn't notice it right away, and found out only after I'd bitten in to one. The waitress came up pretty quick after we'd tried a few bites to see how things were. I explained the pepper situation, and she felt really bad because she didn't know they were in there. The good news is the tacos she brought back were amazing. The tuna came out like it was meant to, white on the edge deliciously pink in the center, and they were decent sized slabs. The seasoning blend was good and wasn't too much for my delicate self.
I feel like they're a solid 3.5 or 4 based on my friend's food and my second plate. I'll have to go back and see how the BBQ side of things looks.
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