Butternut Squash and Almonds

Butternut Squash and Almonds
In season foods-October. (taken from google images)

Monday, July 30, 2007

Baton Rouge

We were both recently at the restaurant 'Baton Rouge'. When we first got there, the establishment looked rather large, but after a few minutes of sitting at our table waiting for our food, we discovered that the walls were hung with very large mirrors- which made the room look a lot bigger then it actually was. The service started out with a nice waitress who took our drink orders and gave us our menus. A couple minutes later another waitor came up to us and asked us if we were ready to order. We were a little confused, we already had someone taking care of us...he quickly informed us though, that Baton Rouge used the form of a "team wait staff"- it wasn't the best from of waitressing....it made the stay a little hectic, one person was taking our order, another was filling our glasses with water- it just all happened much to quickly. We ordered our food, we both ordered the baby back ribs with fresh veggies, and the other 2 people who were with us ordered the filet mignon with fries and the other one ordered chicken tenders with fries. 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes....the food still wasn't at our table! We were getting a little antsy because of our hungry bellies. Finally after a long wait of 1 hour, with not even receiving a bread basket, we received our poorly presented food. I mean, it looked delicious, but who serves a head of broccoli and chunks of carrots? The ribs were excellet, they fell of the bone and melted in your mouth...the vegetable were alright, just a little daunting in size. Once the night was over we left the restaurant feeling satisfied and ready to head home. The meals cost between 15-29$ each. We would rate Baton Rouge a 1 star- meaning its good, the food was fresh and cooked properly, the service was efficient, the location was great and the fecility wasn't all to bad...just a little hectic and loud. This is an okay family restaurant or some where to come with a big group of people for a casual fun night.

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