Cafe Verde (or "We Follow your suggestions")

There are advantages to being a small blog, and there are disadvantages. The disadvantages are we don't have enough of a following to quit work and eat for a living. ... give me a second to drool about that idea and have a mild heart attack.

Ahem

The advantages? When you suggest something (Thanks Karen) we can actually do it!

So, Cafe Verde, over off Desert Inn and McLeod. It's not too far from our current place of inhabiting, and we were recommended there, so, there we go.

First, when heading there at 8:00pm, it's kind of creepy and looks like it's going to be a hole in the wall in the bad sense. It wasn't. The phones were ringing almost off the hook, and the poor guy was having trouble making time to take our order (not a bad sign, actually.)

A look at the menu: It's not exactly what I'm looking for (Super cheap but good Pizza), but it's close. A 10" Pizza for under $7.00? This might be ok. Rabbit got a Phillie cheese steak, sans veggies, because that's how she rolls. Add some mozzarella sticks and everyone is a happy monkey, and it's time to go.

Lets start from scratch: everything is cooked to order, that I'm happy with. My pizza was thick, and honestly damn good and better than a lot of the more expensive places I've been to in my life. If only it were bigger for the same price.
The Cheese Steak? It was pretty awesome-tastic. Great flavor, not too much grease. Again, I just wish it were bigger.

The suck part were the mozzarella sticks. It took us under 10 minutes to get home, and already they were cold and dry inside. The cheese didn't taste like it would have been that good super hot, so those went the way of the dog (she sleeps with Rabbit, so cheese farts don't bother me).

Over all? Not a bad joint. The guy up front has a sense of humor, they had college basketball playing (Go Green), and the main meals were good. I want to go back and try a calzone next.

So, keep your ideas coming, I'm more than happy to eat for you.

And again, Karen? As our first suggest-or.. thanks. You're pretty awesome :-D

Country Cafe

Kobold and I were hungry (as is wont to happen) and were looking for something close to home when we came across Country Cafe. When we walked in, we immediately noticed that we were two of the smaller people in the place. Generally this means two things: 1). The portions of the food are gigantic and 2). the prices are good. Upon perusing the menu we decided the second was definitely true. Prices here? Completely reasonable.

We ordered our drinks and were presented with near-gallon sized cups. Ok, if this follows suit with the drinks, we're in like Flynn. We ordered an appetizer (mozzarella sticks) and were pleasantly surprised with the ginormous portions displayed here. Woot for us.

Kobold ordered the chicken wings with home made potato chips and much to our pleasure, he was presented with nearly (maybe even more than) a pound of wings which were awesomely flavored and yum-tastic. Same with the potato chips. Cooked fresh, well seasoned and in huge abundance.

I decided on the chicken fried steak and was shocked when it came to me. Two huge pieces of meat in awesome breading, smothered in home-made brown gravy; plus a baked potato, green beans and a roll (as if I could even think to eat it)!

We couldn't even conceive of getting desert, but it looked absolutely amazing. The menu is varied and 'down home cooking' oriented, though like I said - totally reasonable on the price.

The ambiance is down-home, as the name suggests and the staff is super-friendly. Just a note, though, the women's bathroom is white and yellow. You may want to squint when first entering.