A. Mark H.
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This was my second time in a number of years that I have visited this restaurant in Kemah. My first was the better of the two visits. Because, I was mainly there to see the Texas music artist, Van Wilks, perform live in 2017 in promotion of his 21st Century Blues CD from two years prior.
In recognition today for T Bone Tom's, the majority of my part for presenting a positive review, at the end of the year, overall is for their efforts for bringing Texas music artists, primarily, to their stage, regularly for the south Texas coastal community of residents and visitors to our esteemed ecosystem!
I do know now, after the second visit here, that the outdoors extension to the restaurant is the better, more lively place to sit and relax. Drink your favorite beverage and talk or l listen to live music.
While inside on this Halloween visit, I felt I was constantly being observed by various members of their wait and buss staff. Because, they would make an appearance every few minutes, around the corner to the back booths and then quickly turnaround to retreat out of view from that back area of inside the restaurant. I suppose, because we were there still occupying the table and drinking tea after our meal there. So there wasn't enough for them to do elsewhere in their job description.
I would also like to state now, that this restaurant is not a Texas general foods restaurant nor anything considered Tex Mex. Even though their main outdoor marquee sign says steakhouse & restaurant. Purely, it's a steak zoned, BBQ, hamburger and/or seafood fares restaurant. No fish and chips, I saw on their menu. You'll have to go on down to Kemah boardwalk area. There's a few good ones there!
For example, instead of a great Texas nachos; with toppings of Texas chili or fajitas, with your choice of beef steak skirt or chicken breast or mixed, and quality nacho cheese, sour cream, fresh guacamole, and sliced jalopenos. They'll offer an entrée, simply called Brisket Queso. That is the closest thing to Español you'll have to choose from here.
If ground or beef cuts is your main forte, there's plenty of sides to go along with your meal. Our appetizer of choice was the fried mushrooms with ranch dressing. And two sides, with potato salad and fried okra with my choice of two meats, good tasting ribs and sliced beef brisket. She chose the coconut fried shrimp. I Liked the very filling and thickened potato salad which of course, is like a meal in itself or a non sweet dessert in my opinion. So, as Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top says, Ease off of the potato salad! Or ya'll will be asking for takeout packaging like we did.
Oh, and least not forget, their catchy claim to recognition here, that's for their brand of Armadillo eggs, aka (deep fried jalopenos). I tried those the first time I remember coming out to T Bone Tom's!
