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| - I like Red Robin. The chain has undergone some serious reconfiguration in the past year or two, but they have retained focus on their burgers. They have many of the same burgers they have been serving for years -- I still like the Royal Red, which is like breakfast on a burger (bacon, egg, cheese), and the Whiskey River BBQ burger is a classic. Some burgers have been phased out, but they have added several burgers featuring high-end ingredients: the "D.G.B." (for "Darn Good Burger,"maybe?) features oven-roasted tomatoes, roasted garlic aioli and fresh arugula tossed in citrus olive oil dressing on a toasted ciabatta bun. Fancy! The "Southern Charm Burger" even features candied bacon. Yeah, it's worth ordering that one just to get some of that. Believe me!
The menu now offers beverage pairings for some of the burgers.
Service has been consistently friendly, and the servers always make a special effort with my kids, but things can be a little slow when they are full. They have added new touchscreen devices to the tables. These devices can be used to order appetizers and desserts as well as pay the check at the end of your meal. For $1.99, you can unlock a bunch of games to play while you wait, too. That charge just gets tacked onto your bill at the end.
I would normally give them 4 stars because I like the place, but they get 5 at this location for one reason:
My son left his retainers at the table, hidden in a napkin, and we didn't realize it until we were down the road a bit. We called them as soon as we could, but the table had been cleared. They held the trash can aside for us while we drove back and even helped my family go through the nasty trash in an attempt to locate the missing dental appliances. (If you have never had to dig through trash to do this, believe me you don't want to!) We ended up finding one of the 2 pieces, which saved us the cost of replacing the entire set, and we really appreciate them helping us out.
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