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| - This is me, popping my Eat'n Park cherry.
This apparently used to be the Eat'n Park Corporate headquarters before the HQ was moved to the Waterfront. I thought it looked rather odd as a two story building. It has a bit of a Shoney's feel to it on the inside, just not as dirty nor as much white trash is present. There is a soup and salad bar for those that cannot live without their rabbit food and a menu for everyone else. The menu has breakfast, lunch and dinner. Deciding to be adventurous, I went ahead and substituted the soup and salad bar for one of my sides. I could have just ordered the soup, but for 50cents more, I got the whole bar and unlimited soup. On the smorgasborg for the night:
Pepsi and Mug Rootbear
Pulled pot roast sandwich with soup/salad bar (Chicken Soup, Cottage cheese, etc.)
Buffalo chicken strips with mashed potatoes, brown gravy, and soup/salad bar (Italian Wedding soup, roll, salad)
Since the bar was self-serve, I started the browsing process. I walked around the bar then served myself a bowl of the wedding soup and returned to the table. The wedding soup was actually decent compared to a lot of the more expensive restaurants in the area and I had another bowl as I waited for my entree to arrive. During my first and second trips to the bar, I was putting together flavors in my mind and on my third trip I created a salad (spinach greens, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, sunflower seeds, and balsamic vinaigrette.
I was quite surprised when I took my first bite of the salad. Everything was fresh and crisp while the balsamic vinaigrette ACTUALLY tasted like balsamic vinaigrette. I was hooked on this place before even trying my entree. I could come back and get the salad bar any night that had the Italian Wedding soup and I would be just fine. As I consumed my second plate of salad my entree arrived. Contrary to the rest of the meal, it didn't look that appealing.
I finished the salad and started on the mashed potatoes. I have been spoiled with fresh mashed potatoes too often -- I couldn't eat them. I moved on to the buffalo chicken strips and had a slightly better experience. After eating a few of the strips, I came to the conclusion that this entree wasn't made with that Eat'n Park smiley face like the soup was. Would I get the strips again? Maybe. I must say, that the salad bar impressed me. I am fairly picky about my veggies, and while it doesn't have a lot of things on the bar there are a lot of things that I like. I will return.
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