We came here because of the great reviews. The restaurant was previously called The Toast but was renamed for legal reasons. No matter because every local calls it The Toast.
We had a good meal very average with an above average price tag for the quantity and quality of food that they serve.
First, the service of our greeting house and the wait staff was great.
Second, the specials were well varied and interesting. We tried the cheddar grits and shrimp with added sausage. The grits were slimy definitely prepared according to package instructions. The Shrimp was Cajun and tasty. The sausage was less than desirable. It was not the usual sausage in this dish more of a hot dog sized red sausage quartered and placed on the top with grease poured on top to slide around the surface of the grits and fill the valleys left by the shrimp. If you are used to try Southern fare this presentation is disappointing.
Sanitation - This is the reason for the rating of 2. Waiting for my food I saw a busboy use his hand an upper arm in place if tissue then open the kitchen area to stick that hand/arm with snot into the icemaker to fill up a translucent "barrel" then take the polluted ice to the drink station (soda) to fill it with contaminated ice for use by the entire staff serving iced drinks. When I told our waiter/host, he apologized that I SAW him do that and told me that he would talk to the busboy.
Nothing else was done. Waiters continued to use the contaminated ice during our meal. Ugh!
To make matters more disgusting a second male waiter wiped his nose with his hand and went to take orders from the table beside us.
The food is good just don't look up at the fuzz on the cute lattice screen hanging above your head as you eat. The bathrooms are cute but the toilet paper dispensers are in disrepair.
I think the usual crowd has stopped paying close attention to the service that they receive and the cleanliness levels. I guess that is a good thing in thus case. Yum!