T.G.I. Friday's

Had a choice, one starter and one entree or one entree and one dessert (could have done the 3 for $12.50 or thereabouts, but no desserts grabbed me today. Chose the burger and Fries, and garden salad for starter – I can usually judge a place by their Burgers n Fries. The salad was large and crisp, with good mixture of lettuce, celery, purple cabbage, tomatoes and onion with Balsamic vin. on the side. Very nice – and the burger was HUGE..with a “crunkly cheese spread thin” and lettuce/tomatoe, onion, and those funny flat tasting pickles that perk up when you bite in to them – I added my own mayo/ketchup/mustard – the burger was so thick I had to wrestle to hold on to it – the bread very soft but firm! Really good. Had to bring home half. The french fries were firm on outside, soft on inside – just right (I requested no spices on them—that works!)
Excellent.

Well, Mr. Rib Man proclaimed they were bigger than the last ones had at Chilis – so, better than Chilis but not as good as Outbacks Didn’t fall off the bone, but not tough either. The sauce was better than average. What can I say – he’s a “rib-man” through and through. He also enjoyed the garden salad which was an ’add" to his meal for extra $3 over the ten – the ribs come with the fries and a ’lime-slaw" – I snuck a bite, it was tangy/tasty – a little different from the usual “southern drawl slaw”…he enjoyed it.

I think from the credit on our ticket (“discount $2.88”) the regular price of chips and salsa must be that – it was confusing later looking at the ticket because she had put “no charge”, but showed the discount at the bottom…?
anyways, good chips, odd shape but easier to dip the sauce (which is mild, not hotsy or jalopena-ey – years ago, I ate “the hotter the better” and lived long to prosper & pay for all that “hotsy”!) …sauce was pleasant, the way i can best handle it these days. Ole Rib-Man doesn’t eat the sauce, so that was “mine” and it was “good stuff.”

that $5.18 was for two glasses so I guess water with tea flavoring runs about $2.50 per these days. This was better than some we had recently – with a little splenda and lemon in mine, it quenced the thirst adequately. Lakeland water on the side – Lakeland water (like many water suppliers needs help!)

The whole deal was not quite $30 before tip – we did pretty good for a special outing on a hot/off an on rainy Floriduh day!