Vince M.
Yelp
You can't miss this happy little place conspicuously monopolizing an entire corner of the very busy intersection at Idlewild and Indian Trail-Fairview roads. Also, conspicuous is the seemingly always packed gravel parking lot out back. Being fairly new to that area, I have enjoyed breakfast, lunch and dinner amidst the locals who have packed the homey cabin-like dining room my every visit. It is a total and refresh departure from the Ballantyne environment that I am used to.
I really want to love it and there's a lot to love starting with the down home, friendly service from the time you enter until to pay your bill at the checkout counter (where by the way, they take prayer requests). The dining room, consisting of a beautiful wood paneled main room and an enclosed side porch, is a delightful throughback to yesteryear. The menu is diverse, and prices are very reasonable. There is also an ice cream shop attached.
Since my last lunch review here, I have had breakfast and dinner. The Big Bridge Breakfast is indeed big, and at $7.95, is also a great value. It consists of three eggs, choice of pork chops, bacon, sausage or liver mush, choice of grits or hash browns, and two large pancakes. Overall, everything was okay, but I found the eggs to be a bit dry, and the grits and pancakes both seemed instant. My wife love her Spinach & Feta Omelet however. It was loaded with good stuff and also ran $7.95. Service, as usual, was superb.
For dinner, we started off with the made-in-house Buffalo Chicken Egg Rolls ($8), which were interesting but a little too greasy for us. My wife and daughters all got salads topped with chicken for around $11 each, while I opted for the 8oz sirloin, huge baked potato and a side salad for $13. The salads were fresh and plentiful. My steak however, while cooked perfectly, was just way too salty (which was a problem that I also experienced at lunch). Of course, I know that, going forward, to simply ask for no added salt.
Again, for lunch, see my prior review. There's a whole lot to like about this place. I expect to return. Eventually I will figure out it's nuances. In the meantime, since Yelp does not allow me to assign 3.5 stars, I feel that, considering the whole package, I must round up to 4. Rounding the other way would be an injustice.