Well…I’ve got a confession to make…for those that know me might think I’m a steak snob, which I probably am. What I also am is completely honest and here’s my confession;
The Texas Roadhouse Family style menu is a ridiculously great deal for some dam good food. Not being sure what we were in for I over ordered intentionally. I ordered the 4 - 8oz NY Stip steaks & the Steak Tips. Each supposedly fed 4 ppl and came with a salad and side for each person accompanied by their rolls and cinnamon butter.
The strip were generous and certainly 8oz, they aren’t skimping and the steak tips could feed 6 with the sautéed mushrooms and onions. They gave us a dozen rolls!!! The salad was a decent Cesar dressing with home made croutons. Lol Only “stinker” (literally and figuratively) were the green beans. They went for a country /collard green style and we didn’t care for them.
All in all if your looking for convenient curb side to get your red meat fix on you cannot go wrong here.
we did the chicken fingers meal a cpl weeks ago and found it outstanding value.
they have a solid system down for pickup as well and you can order directly online from them and request pickup time as well.
Glad to hear about the beef- will have to try next.
The rolls with the sweet butter were quite good- really big hit too.
not to get this into a political space- but what these people don’t seem to get is that you can’t juice demand. You can let spots open to 150% capacity- but who’s really going to a restaurant right now to eat there? You can allow the supply, but if there’s no demand it doesn’t matter…and I can’t imagine outside of a few knuckleheads there will be 100% capacity even if allowed anytime soon for an enclosed space sit-down meal.
What I think you are seeing here is a restaurateur (all due respect to him he has been phenomenally successful ) who hasn’t come to the reality that the future belongs to those who can adapt. Few if any restaurants business model revolved around take out, but many have been doing it to keep what little income coming in, he chose not to try and adapt to the game plan. He can’t expect to just open and return to “old normal” vs. finding away to adapt to the “new normal” that kind of thinking will ensure the demise of his brand. Sadly.
The sad part is, I will bet the house that several of his restaurants stay afloat, not on his dime! A few prob will go under but I bet sea bright and long branch don’t close. Maybe a year from now I will remember to bring this thread up and look. I’m not really going out on a limb here lol
No, I’m sure like anyone with multiple locations some are excellent and some are under performers. I’m 110% sure CJ’ Mcloones is doomed, there is no draw to the location and the food has been average at best it’s entire existence. The water front / board walk properties will probably survive just based on location, then he has his two OTB locations which will probably survive.
Red Bank will be an interesting one because while there is plenty of foot traffic there is also a lot more competition.
Yeah pretty much only the innovative and/or govt funded restaurants will survive this. It’s sad.
Are any crafty people selling bbq locally from their house? Hawaii is super laid back with this. People sell food out of their home all the time and even put up signs on main roads with the days special…cool stuff! The govt does not interfere…a perk of living in an expensive state.
Nothing is going to be more corona free than smoked meat right out of the pit. Seriously. I would love to support some local bbq cooks
Considering you can’t even technically have a bake sale in NJ anymore, there is no way to legally sell food out of your house. I wish that wasn’t the case because I would start catering!
Oh I’m well aware it isnt legal. I was just wondering if you saw places. For some reason I am friends with a lady on fb that sells food in long branch.
Yes, I finally signed up for fb. It took a world wide pandemic for me to do it, but I’m on it! I didnt even get a medal or plaque for signing up. They sent me a full blown statue along with the 4 other dudes left on this continent that haven’t joined yet.
