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| - Intrigued by the range of ratings, I decided to try it when going through Millvale recently. If you are looking for a young, hip crowd, eating fusion cuisine....this ain't it. If you want solid food in a working class neighborhood....this is it. I even had the little old blue-haired ladies around me to prove it. The walls are decorated with fake logs and guessing from some of the menu items, it might have been a German restaurant sometime in it's long past.
The waitstaff was excellent. If you are looking for a server who is doing this while trying to decide what they want to do for the rest of their life....this ain't it. If you want someone who knows the menu, and is quick and efficient....this is it.
My philosophy when trying a place for the first time, is to try what they are known for. In this case it is the fried shrimp and pie. Done deal. So I was a bit under-whelmed by the shrimp. The batter was underdone and pretty bland. The cocktail sauce helped a lot, but some tartar sauce would have been better. My advice is to try the 3-piece version first. It won't fill you up, but you won't regret it later, because you will have room for the pie. It comes with 2 sides, so I asked for a Caesar salad They have Caesar salad on the menu, so they should know how to make it. The waitress said they could put some romaine on a plate and add some croutons. Thinking maybe they didn't want to do a whole Caesar, I asked for the Caesar salad as both my sides. But I got exactly what the waitress said. A big plate of thinly shredded romaine, a few croutons and a cup with some obviously bottled dressing. If someone else wants to figure out if they can make a decent Caesar salad, go ahead, it ain't gonna be me!
The good news is the pie was excellent. A large piece of thick and creamy coconut cream with a nice flaky crust. If you decide to risk the 5 piece shrimp, you can always make the pie to go.
Would I go back? Nope. Would I go back if someone else was buying me lunch? Yup. Would I go back for pie and coffee? Yup.
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