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| - As promised in my previous review, we returned to The Lodge á deux. We were happy to find a place with a full menu after seeing the Glittering Lights at the Speedway not long before they closed.
The place was quiet, with a table of 3 the only other diners, and about 10 people at the bar. They still use the tiny little glasses for wine, though I guess since it was almost full it was probably close to what every other bar pours into a humongous glass.
The waitress had a really tough time answering the most elementary questions about the food, so we just ordered and let the dice roll. Hubby ordered the rigatoni/chicken entree with a side salad, and I had the chicken, mushroom, jalapeño and cheese sandwich on French roll. I was able to get a cup of soup as my side instead of fries, and the chicken tortilla soup was singing to me.
My husband's salad was delivered, and I waited and waited for the soup, but couldn't find the waitress. That's because she was very busy - sitting at the bar chatting up one of the customers way off in the distance. She was a total space cadet.
As I suspected, my soup came in a cup on the same plate as the sandwich. So I sat having nothing while my husband ate, and then was expected to eat hot soup and a hot sandwich at the same time. As it turned out, the soup was sooooo hot - both definitions - that I ended up having it for dessert. I like spicy, but the spice was overwhelming, and it had way too much cream. Traditional tortilla soup has NO cream. On the plus side, it was chock full of stuff, so much that I was too full to have more than half.
I like the looks of this place - rustic and cozy. I like the hours. And the food's pretty good. Service, though, needs a lot of improvement.
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