I met a friend for lunch today for my first visit here.
The first thing I noticed when I walked in - it is SMALL and it reminds me of my grandparents TV den full of cabin knick knacks (add a small hoarding problem.) This place is packed, but I like it.
After the charming location, I noticed the smell- delicious BBQ. Totally made me second guess the spinach salad I scoped out on their website menu.
Per the menu online, it says the following description, including a breaded artichoke heart, but when I ordered, it came with breaded mozzerella squares. No biggie- anything fried is pretty awesome.
THE POPEYE
Fresh spinach is topped with crumbled dry bleu cheese, dried cherries, mushrooms, red onions, pecans and a breaded artichoke heart. Choice of dressing.
Chicken or Portabella 14
Steak or Shrimp 17
Seriously, $17 for a salad? Bit pricey for a salad at lunch time.
We arrived around 11:30, but the lunch crowd was in full force, so we took an immediate place at the bar. A friendly waitress took our order shortly after. And then we waited, and waited, and waited. She stopped by once to say they were working our order. Our food came just after 12:30.
Seriously, an hour wait at the bar? But I get it, it was Friday, it was packed.
The salad was delicious, came with really good cranberry vinaigrette but I didn't even need it because all the ingredients were so yummy. I opted for the chicken and it was perfectly grilled and not dry at all. I really like that salad, I would eat that salad again for dinner and tomorrow for breakfast.
I will definitely be back for another try, DEFINITELY NOT at lunch time when I need to be back at work.