Ok smart guy...tell me what's good there other than SW eggrolls, burgers and margaritas? Serious question.
Is this where I air my lifelong grievance with I believe it was Ninfa’s Mexican restaurant off I-45 in Houston. Not sure if still there but it was popular way back when. I was a kid and I wanted a hamburger at a Mexican restaurant. I ordered one and got food poisoning. Lol. I never let it go!
The skillet queso is pretty good. But all queso is good. PS I think I would need like 10 of those margaritas to get a buzz.
I got food poisoning at the one that was on Richmond by the Summit . .eer .. . . Lakewood Church. I have some restaurants I go to often. My Expectations are already set. I have noticed some are slipping. It comes with turn over maybe even changes in ownership Seems to be hard to be consistent Rocket River
The El Presidente with a tequila floater is the only way to go. If you're gonna drink a margarita, drink a real margarita. ...and I disagree on *all* queso being good. It's impressive how many places can screw up the basics like salsa/queso/tortillas/fajitas
EVERYTHING! Chips, salsa and ranch Chicken crispers especially the honey chipotle Nachos Explosion salad Buffalo chicken salad Chicken ranch sandwich Margarita chicken The old turkey and California clubs Enchilada soup Molten lava cake Paradise pie contrary to popular belief, I found their queso to be disgusting especially when you see it in a bag.
Chillis is mostly edible if you are in a weird part of the country that has basically nothing else....but other than that I don't see a reason to ever go there.
Yeah don't do it, lol. They sit you down in a quiet lounge area before the dinner. You get a few bites and drinks. I really liked that.
1. every few months I'll get a jones for the eggrolls and pick some up to go 2a other people seem to like it so I'll occasionally end up meeting them there for eggrolls and drinks 2b mine has a nice outdoor deck overlooking the lake, good when the weather's nice That's all I can come up with.
Has anyone had Kirby Lanes queso recently? That place went from great to crap, back to okay. That queso was some of the best way back and then got too runny and not as flavorful. Just wondering where its at now?
Used to love it as a kid. I did like the fact that you could dress your own burger with as much lettuce/tomatoes/onions etc. as you wanted. And their big kettles of melted cheese. Milkshakes were good too. The one in Kingwood started going downhill years ago and then finally closed.
Haven't been there in forever, loved the Kirby queso back when I lived in Austin. I always thought their pancakes were super overrated though. Another Austin favorite I made the mistake of revisiting years later was Baby A's. I used to think they had good food... turns out I was just always drunk before the food got out. Those purple margaritas act quickly. Take those out of the equation and their food is dogshit.
They have 10 locations now, that leads me to believe that they all suck. Kerby Queso? It's just queso with avocado and pico.
I feel the same about cracker Barrel. I only go there because they are the only place around that has fried okra on the menu up here.
I'll stand up for Fuddruckers. I never had a bad burger there. I just feel like their business model fell into this awkward gray area. It was on the slower end of "fast casual", but didn't offer the uniqueness or variety of foods that most of those places do (Panera, Chipotle, Noodles & Co, etc). Most folks who want a 'higher-end' non-restaurant burger will opt for something a bit more streamlined and quicker. Steak n Shake. Five Guys. Shake Shack. Freddys. Etc. Burger places are a dime-a-dozen, so you either have to offer value, convenience, or some kind of unique/best-of product, and Fudd's doesn't really fit into any of those categories.
The last time I went to the Cracker Barrel (or "Honkey Trough" as some of my friends say) was just outside Fort Leonard Wood decades ago because I'm not sure there was any other options at all. They have a decent gimmick, but it's not somewhere I'd choose to go when there's other options available. I might be old now, but I'm not Cracker Barrel old
A couple of years ago the "America's Test Kitchen" show on PBS did a tasting of grocery store sharp cheddar cheese. 1a Cracker Barrel 1b Cabot's 3....other stuff
Most of these restaurants get their food from the same distributors (Sysco, US Foods) and the restaurants are simply dipping that same food in the same type of oil and using the same type of equipment. So you do have to look for differentiated offerings at the restaurants and focus on what they do uniquely well. I personally will not eat at most of the restaurants listed in this thread because I honor my body. Houston is fortunate to have many excellent restaurants that do more than heat up food from large distributors. GOOD DAY
