"2010-08-11T00:00:00"^^ . . "0"^^ . "1"^^ . "I stopped by this restaurant for lunch the other day with 2 friends and was very impressed by all that they have on hand. The menu, in paper and on the wall, is quite large, and with just enough time to eat and run to the next appointment, I quickly skimmed the menu and settled on a half sandwich (roast beef) and the New England clam chowder. One friend chose the same as me except the potato soup and a 1/2 of aturkey club, and the other friend chose a cheesy baked potato. If you are familiar with this restaurant, which has many locations throughout the Charlotte area, you will remember that you must order at the counter. It was a very quick and friendly process at this location. Also, a nice older gentleman that comes around and ask you how you are doing, if he can be of any help, and asks if he can clear stuff away for you. Now the food part: My roast beef sandwich was lacking in thickness of meat, and a bit fatty on the roast beef. My New England clam chowder was hot...it's hard to please a New Englander when it comes to chowda'...but not hardly any clams, too uniformed cut potatoes and lots of emulsifiers does not a chowder make. Now onto my friends plates. The potato soup was described as hot and creamy and the 1/2 a turkey club sandwich was quite large and nicely put together. The baked potato that my other friend had was gi-normous. I'm telling you, this thing could have been used as a regulation sized football. Where the heck do they find potatoes that big I wonder? Really, I had to do a triple take to see whether it was 2 potoatoes cleverly disguised as one, but it wasn't, it was just one big 'tater. Okay, I know, I'm going to far on the size of the potato, but boy did it look goooooooddd! It had 2 types of cheese, a nice cheddar cheese for color and a wonderful stringy mozzarella. \nThe prices for all these items came up to about $25.00. Really pretty good for 3 people needing a quick lunch.\nI'll go back to McAlister's again, but I think, next time, I'll be ordering that pig skin of a potato!"^^ . . . "0"^^ . "3"^^ .