Texas French Bread dinner
My wife, another couple, and I went to Texas French Bread for dinner this past Friday and had an excellent dinner. It wasn't an epiphany but it was solid, tasty, well prepared food. According to their menu most of their ingredients are sourced locally.
I had fried smelt and braised buffalo short ribs on top of mashed root vegetables. The smelt were a little bland. The ribs were very tasty and I would happily order them again. The only criticism I have is the fact that because buffalo meat is less fatty than cow meat, the ribs were a bit dry. The root vegetables were nothing short of excellent. My wife got a Mediterranean salad and fettuccine with vegetables. She enjoyed each of them. I had a bite of each too and can vouch for the fact that they were very good. The other dishes ordered were Black Drum and pappardelle with sausage, each of which was reported to meet the satisfaction of the eater.
Another big plus: it is BYOB with a $4 corkage fee. Only issue any of us had was with the service. Though the waiter was very friendly and pleasant, he was not as quick and attentive as one would expect from a restaurant with $20+ entrees. That being said, I'd go back to TFB for dinner in a heart beat.
By uarent
on Nov 22, 2009 05:12 AM
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We had two radically different experiences at TFB in the last month or so -
Our first time there, the service was prompt and efficient, the food was outstanding and filling, and we left feeling like we had been to someplace really special. I never enjoyed leftovers so much as my pasta with croutons and anchovies.
Last night we went for a birthday dinner. It seemed okay at first - the service was prompt and the band started to play some interesting Roma sounding tunes. But then everything went into some sort of weird limbo. The atmosphere was nice, yes, but my tea was dry for perhaps 40 minutes before anyone noticed. Appetizers took forever to come out. We were there an hour before we got our entrees. And it wasn't just us - I looked around the place to see a majority of bare tables.
Oddly enough, they kept refilling the bread. So there's that. And our entrees - we both ordered the bavette steak - just weren't as wonderful as last time. So sad. I'm willing to give them another try, but cautiously.
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