. "0"^^ . "1"^^ . "4"^^ . "2"^^ . . . "Please note the date of this original review (4/09) and that it is prior to closure, renovation, and reopening with same name and sign. Based on reading the reviews of Charlotte Yelpers (instead of out of town guest Yelpers), if you find this review appealing, you should head to Diamond or Pinky's. (1/11).\n\n-----\n\nI knew it had to be good when our friend reminded us every five minutes (revelry-induced short-term memory loss) the night before that we'd be going to Penguin and we had to be there right at 11 to avoid the crowds. Sure enough, at 11:05, there were already folks there, and by 11:15, all the tables were full. Fortunately we got the corner booth. We were waited on by at least 3 servers - great team work guys! \n\nI was the only one bold enough to start with a beer - the rest of them are Carolina kids who can't stand the thought of not ordering Cheerwine in the bottle - and the waiter said that he'd like one as well, so I knew I was going to like this place. We got an order of the sweet potato fries and the fried pickles to start. The sweet potato fries were a little on the dry side, which I would actually consider a good thing, since that means they weren't too greasy. The fried pickles were a little on the floppy/soggy side and over-battered. The first few were great, but we should have stuck with the small order, since the last ones to be eaten were not as good as the first.\n\nThis place is so cheap! Maybe I'm just used to high Atlanta prices, but everything seemed to be so generous for the price! I opted for the pimento cheese, which ended up being a little too rich for my stomach after all the sp fries and the fried pickles, but I still managed to snag a few bites of Jimmy's corn dog, which was on the sweet side, but still excellent mustard.\n\nSome days you just want burgers and corn dogs. Most days I want fried pickles. Will we be back? Definitely, and promptly when the doors open."^^ . "2009-04-27T00:00:00"^^ .