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| - I've been to the Possum Trot now twice, and for the life of me, I can't understand what makes people want to spend money here. Bland food and poor service at a high price are not a winning combination for me.
A little background info:
When I write my reviews I break them down in to different categoriest and rate each one separately, then average the ratings. Another thing I don't do is give a restaurant (or any business for that matter) a higher rating because they are in the mid-west or because it is a small town etc. I won't say, well, for Danville it's good. Restaurants here or in Paris or Rome get the same treatment from me.
Location:
Possum Trot is located on the west side of Danville a little ways out of town. It's located on a random country road that doesn't seem to be close to anything. There is absolutely no way you could get here other than in a car. I seriously don't understand what the draw is to go to a restaurant so far outside of town and what the draw is for restaurant owners to locate so far away. What's wrong with downtown (before you tell me downtown is too seedy, think about how it would be if businesses such as this located there)? Perhaps if this was more a a picturesque area it would be different, but as far as I am concerned, this is not an attractive location.
Rating: 2 Stars
Exterior Appearance:
Was this once a bank with a drive through? I am pretty sure the architectural style of this building is 1980s strip mall bank. The parking lot is dirt, or mostly dirt and the building is bland and boring. Still, the building is in good shape, is clean, and the grounds and parking lot are clean.
Rating: 3 Stars
Interior Appearance:
Basically follows the lead of the exterior. For the life of me I can't remember if there is a decorating style or if it is just a big room. I do remember the awful greenish, bluish, industrial strength office carpet on the floor. Seriously, office carpet? I hate to think what is living in there. It did appear clean and the walls and furniture were in good shape.
Rating 3 Stars
Service:
Horrible! Both times I went there the service was just utterly terrible. I've had better service at the big boy. We had a big group and the server dropped the ball several times. Forgotten, drinks, incorrect drinks, ignoring us, the list continues. Two of the worst things though, were that our server bonked me in the head with a serving tray. The other thing was that the server came and took drink orders and after taking two she just walked off and ignored the rest of the people. She never cam back either with the first two drinks. The server was also completely unable to recommend a dish, a beer, or recommend wine with what we were ordering. For $28 an entree you better be able to provide some direction...inexcusable.
Rating: 1 Star
Menu:
Typical "American" steakhouse. Pretty broad with some seafood, but the them of all of it is meat and fat. You want your steak tastier? Throw some cheese on it. Or how about some butter sauce? Nothing creative at all. Nothing spicy. Nothing deviating from that thin line that is bland cooking. My recommendation is to stick to the steaks, it's what they do best.
Rating: 2 Stars
Wine List, Cocktails and Beers:
Pretty safe, uninteresting wine list, consisting mostly of sweetish, simple wines. The value is pretty good though. Stay away from the whites though. I think they were pouring them all from a box of Franzia. The liquor selection and cocktail list is completely blah. No interesting cocktails that I could see, and no interesting spirits. The beer selection, however, bails out the rest. A decent beer selection, with things like Sam Adams, Goose Island and Sierra Nevada. Not a great list, but not bad.
Rating: 3 Stars
Food:
The quality is fine, although I'd guess that the food comes from Sysco or Food Services of America. There is nothing here close to the concept of farm to table, seasonal, free range or wild. Everything is straight forward and flavored using salt, fat and cheese. The food tasted fine, but I can't imagine eating here more than twice a year if it were my only choice. I encourage this restaurant to try something a little more adventurous.
Rating: 2 Stars
Value:
The food you get here is TGI Fridays quality with even less interesting methods of cooking. All for probably double what a chain would charge. Portion sizes are enormous however so there is that. I'd rather pay less and have a smaller bill however. This is not a good place to come if one is looking for a good value. Your going to dump a lot of money for this food.
Rating: 2 Stars
Overall Rating: 2.25, rounded down to 2.
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