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| - 3.00 stars after my second time there.
The decor is a little plain with plantation shutters and burlap sack covered booths to remind you of the south. The restaurant usually has old school music / movies playing in the background. The fire and chess set near the entrance look promising though.
The first meal I had was during dinner when they first opened. I ordered the catfish fingers, which were pretty plain/taste like any other fried white fish you can get at McDonald's and so was the creamy dipping sauce that went with the catfish; I won't get them again. It seems the chef wasn't sure what to pair the catfish so it automatically went with a spicy aioli? The catfish needs something slightly tart to break up the greasiness. I never had alligator before I came here and I can really say now that GATOR DOES TASTE LIKE CHICKEN. The meat is flaky and moist with a chicken-fish hybrid-like texture. The gator burger appetizers were delicious and I would get them again without the aioli (a bit lighter without it and it doesn't add too much to the burger).
I enjoyed the a nice brunch meal at Stonetown. I ordered a Poinsettia to start, which was a little disappointing to the palette, especially for $7.00. It was similar to a mimosa with heavy grenadine, but less exciting (if you can call a mimosa exciting). I also tried a bourbon apple drink- a little too harsh on the bourbon, so much so I couldn't finish the drink. I would say it would be a good drink, if you plan on just getting one and you have some water to wash the bourbon down.
I ordered the chicken and waffles. The white meat chicken had a nice crunchy outer shell (MY FAVORITE!!), but sadly the chicken was a little dry. However, I would rather have dry chicken and crispy outer shell, than moist chicken with a soggy coating. The crunchy outer shell is comparable to fried chicken from Giant Eagle grocery store; lacks any uniqueness, but still embodies all the right spices. The red velvet waffles were somewhat plain and tasted like regular waffles with red food coloring. The grits were creamy and you can definitely taste all the butter that goes into them. The hot sauce as very similar to Frank's Red Hot, which seems to be a theme among brunch places. Frank's Red Hot sauce isn't bad, but I would love to taste a different take on brunch hot sauce. We also got their vegetable omelet, which was pretty delicious and loaded with vegetables (zucchini, carrots, onions, peppers, okra, etc). The eggs were fluffed nicely with just the right ratio of egg to stuffing. The cajun potatoes were decent, not the best, but certainly, not the worst. We wanted to try their quiche, but sadly, the quiche ran out.
Service was a bit slow and we waited a bit to get through the entire brunch, especially since they were relatively slow- roughly 1.25 hours.
Brunch was pretty expensive too, we spent roughly 70.00 after everything. At least the portions were pretty big. I would come here if you had limited options downtown (ie Sunday morning when every other restaurant is closed), but you can do much better at other restaurants nearby (cough cough East 4th).
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