We decided to go back to Country Style for one more meal:
As you can see, there was a long line (which continued into the restaurant). We ended up waiting 3 hours for a table (the only time we have waited longer for a restaurant is 5 hours for Franklin in Austin). The wait was mostly bearable by the chance to trade stories and humour with others in line, as well as explaining to every passerby why we were lining up.
By the time we got close to getting a table, we were getting concerned the kitchen might close, so we ordered our food ahead. Alas, they were out of a number of dishes that we wanted to order (I suspect they also stopped making some less popular ones in their last week).
As they were out of liver dumpling soup, we settled for chicken noodle:
It’s a good version, though could have had a bit more parsley root for the broth.
Our friend felt we needed additional deep fried:
A half order of fried cheese and a half order of fried mushrooms - surprisingly satisfying for what amounts to a generic pub snack.
The wooden plate was a must-order, not because it was my favourite version (that honour goes to long-gone Korona), but because it is the iconic dish: tender wiener schnitzel, even lighter Parisian schnitzel, smokey debreceni sausage, a hefty portion of fried potatoes, some nokedli with gravy, and pickled beets. It came with a cabbage roll, which was OK as noted above, but there are better versions around.
With so many dishes out of stock, we went with pork paprikas, which was very satisfying with tender pork and a rich sauce that had the tang of sour cream.
For dessert we had the dobos torte, which was OK - I find too many Eastern European cakes on the dry side.
We finished with shots of apricot eau de vie and a sweet pear version. We chatted with the wait staff about our years of patronage and thanked everyone.
