"Love a good salad . . . found it here both times.\n\nAfter an hour-long grueling workout of refrigerator examining and measuring at Sears outlet, suddenly craved a cool, crisp salad. Remembered having a great one just around the corner at Ruby Tuesday, so that's where we headed.\n\nHave been here only twice---a year ago, and again yesterday. Okay, I get it. Lots of diners don't like salad bars for the obvious reasons. However, there seems to be enough glass (or plexi-glass) separating eaters from edibles, so probably pretty safe. Just keep this in mind: Do any of us really know what may go on behind the swinging kitchen doors of any restaurant when we happen to be there? No---none of us do. Probably worse than anything we can imagine happening along a salad bar line in full view of fellow diners.\n\n\nStaff * * * * *\nServer Ryan and the manager, both great---friendly, helpful, attentive\n\nSalad Bar * * * * * \nAll fresh: 5 star combination of a garden mix of lettuces, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, adamame, mushrooms, sunflower seeds, and an excellent blue cheese dressing---and afterwards, a small sampling of their Waldorf-style salad. (However, didn't care for their pasta/vegetable and potato salads.) Had many other items and dressings to choose from.\n\nMini Burgers * * * \nActually, not that small. Comes with two, but after eating my salad, could eat only half of one. Pretty good flavor. Think it was just 8.99 with salad bar. Good value.\n\nDry-Rubbed Baby Back Ribs * * * * \nVery good, especially for having no sauce. (Available, but tried it without.)\n\nMacaroni and Cheese * * * \nFlavorful and creamy. My personal preference, however, would have more cream and firmer pasta.\n\nFries and Onion Rings *\nNeither are good and neither are recommended. Either very poorly prepared or---more than likely---pre-made, frozen, and baked to order. Nothing like deep frying fresh, which neither were. Especially awful were the onion rings. The coating had a very unpleasant, earthy-like flavor, and an unappetizing panko-like crumb. The manager quickly offered to prepare another order. It was the same. Onion rings should never be \"breaded\". The best and only preparation is a good batter, then deep-fried---never baked---resulting in a slick and smooth exterior, with NO crumb texture. \n\nWhat I'd order on a return visit? Salad Bar and Dry-Rubbed Baby Backs"^^ . "4"^^ . "3"^^ . . "1"^^ . . "2012-04-28T00:00:00"^^ . . "0"^^ .