Texas Roadhouse

Been coming here for years. My wife likes it so much that I got burned out for a while. Well, that's over. Here's a typical meal I might have: Things kick off with delicious rolls and honey-butter spread. Next will come a house salad with thousand island dressing. (Non-Texans, the bits of boiled egg on top are something this Texan has never seen anywhere else. Not a "Texas thing".) Finally, a big chicken-fried sirloin with a side of mashed potatoes. I recommend the cream gravy over the brown gravy. Very tasty. Very filling.

I'd probably be at five stars if I hadn't seen a few areas of decline. There used to be a nice waiting room with all the unshelled peanuts you wanted. Now, you're told to wait "outside or in your car", but what most people did was just wait in the little area, no more than 10' x 10', where you first come in. Not saving any lives with the new arrangement, but the wait is a lot less comfortable.

There were a couple of other nitpicky things, but I'll leave it there. It's still a great place to take guests or maybe just your spouse.

Friends were buying so I didn't say anything about the shoe-leather steak - potato was good though!

I always how awful the management is to the people who work there (I've heard it over and over again). They seem like hard working people but for some reason they get belittled and accused of lying constantly. I've even several accounts of physically abuse. I know this isn't headline news for restaurants and it happens all the time but after having witnessed some of their unprofessional behavior I had to point this one out.