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re: msbee
Don't even bother....
Finally, after driving by almost every day the doors are open! I couldn't wait to go but told my wife we should wait a couple of months and let the kinks get worked out. Well it's Easter Eve and we were hungry and decided to forgo the couple of month wait.
We entered Ironstones and the OOC charm was replaced but still retained some of the OOC familiarity. We had to “wait to be seated” and we did wait… Finally got greeted and seated. Our waitress took our drink order while we looked over the menu. The dinner menu was varied salads, sandwiches, wrap, burgers and comfort food (chicken pot pie, meatloaf, Sheppard’s pie, American Chop Suey).
My wife was craving Eggplant Parm, luckily for her it was one of the specials. I settled for the Virginian (basically a ham sandwich with lettuce, tomato & mayo). We put the order in and my wife’s salad shortly followed. It was a basic side salad, lettuce, tomato & cucumber, nothing to write home about.
After about a 25 minute wait the entrees finally arrived. I literally had to pick my wife’s jaw off the floor. It was a pile of spaghetti (not linguini or penne) with 2 cheese covered slices of eggplant (the size of silver dollar pancakes). She was beside herself. My Virginian arrived and I was taken back to my grammer school days. Ham sandwich was on Wonder Bread and the tomato was green… In Ironstones defense, my wife said that the Eggplant was delicious (she asked me to try, but if I did there’d be none left for her) and the Ham in the sandwich was above average.
When our waitress inquired about our meal my wife explained that the dish should have been called spaghetti with eggplant. That way the person ordering it would realize that meal was pasta with a taste of eggplant, not the other way around. At that time my wife also assured Our waitress the eggplant was delicious just not the main part of the dish. She took our comment to the chef and did tell us she expected that they would give her more eggplant but no such luck.
To my wife’s way of thinking it’s like ordering prime rib w/ two sides and when it come to the table you have a mound or mashed potatoes and 2 bites or prime rib, wouldn’t you think the dish be called mashed potatoes and prime rib?
The wait service was average, the serve time was very poor and pricing was affordable.
If you’re in the mood for American/pub fare drive on by Ironstones and go to Gator’s Pub.
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re: JaneRI
It's true, Jane. It has been closed for maybe six months. After they closed, the Oyster Cabin sign up front was removed, and a small hand-made "For Lease" sign was attached to the large frame. Just a week ago, the "For Lease" sign went away, so a new tenant/owner may be on the way. Local rumors are not too Hound-friendly, though: Club 99 or Olive Garden. But those are only rumors.
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