Dennis T.
Yelp
This place is very loud, but has great clarity of sound, varying between piped in country and rock music. Large and colorful flat screens are in abundance, mostly showing professional sports action. And there are two bucking bulls: a gilded, decorative one, and a no-nonsense mechanical bull that diners can ride once for free. I soon learned that some of the loud noise is due to the high volume of the music, but another component is the vocal cheering of onlookers encouraging amateur bull riders. And the two riders I saw (one man and one woman) got tossed out of the saddle eventually, but looked pretty skilled and experienced at bull riding until then. The operator of the mechanical bull starts a rider off very slow and smooth but the bull's movements become unpredictable soon enough, and it is difficult for anyone to remain indefinitely fixed in the saddle.
Regarding the food, I enjoyed very good Chili made of a lot of beef, Kidney Beans, and cheese ladled inside a bread bowl; and a good Pulled Pork Sandwich with a little bit of Coleslaw and sweet BBQ sauce encased inside a cold, highly polished plain bun. There were a few burnt crisp ends but the Pulled Pork was mostly tender, and extra requested BBQ sauce nicely moistened the sandwich. The real standouts though were my choice of homemade Potato Salad as an included side, and Diane's selected French Fries. The Potato Salad contained egg whites and celery; and Diane's Fries were long, thin, and wiggly. The two starches were equally excellent. Diane's Cheeseburger came out ultra-rare initially. But, after I pointed this out to our server, a new medium-rare Cheeseburger as ordered was quickly supplied, without any fuss. Diane said she liked the replacement.
Service was not very friendly at first, but our server seemed to warm up to us as the night wore on. We had to ask for Iced Tea and water refills. But, in all fairness, in the capacious dining room each server had many diners to attend to. And even after midnight this rocking and fun place was not lacking for customers.
XXX-1.2 stars overall on this particular night.