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Hoffbrau Steaks

  • February 11, 2007
  • Rated 4 of 5 by zabelle from Portland, Connecticut
Hoffbrau Steaks

Up to this point we had not eaten at a steak restaurant and so in the Rachael Ray tradition we asked a local where we should go for steak. Hoffbrau was their suggestion. Now in all honesty, we didn’t know anything about it and if we had know it was part of a small chain we would probably have asked for another suggestion but we didn’t.

On the positive side, it was a very easy drive from the Cowgirl Museum and also located close to the highway back to Irving. As we drove up at about 4:30 we noticed that the parking lot was already full. Either they start happy hour early here or this is a good place to eat. We parked along the street to the left of the restaurant and we were joined there by many others by the time we left.

Inside the decor is rustic and looks like a local joint with wooden tables and lots of beer signs glowing on the walls. We were seated quickly and sitting with our menus in hand. It was an interesting menu with lots of favorites potato skins, chili and onions strings and some uniquely Texas things such as saw mill pickles, sweetwater shrimp (4 tender shrimp stuffed into a whole jalapeño, wrapped in bacon, and basted with Dr Pepper BBQ sauce) and what Al chose the steak soup. And very good and chunky soup it was and believe me Al is not a soup kinda guy and he really loved it, chunks of sirloin with rice and beans. We placed our orders and the board with the warm bread and butter arrived along with mine and Joe’s salad. They were basic salads but fresh and tasty.

For our main courses we all ordered beef. Joe got the Texas T-bone, Al got the serious sirloin and I ordered the Hoffbrau fillet. You get to choose one side winder with each of the steaks. Joe got the scalloped potatoes and they were not exactly what he expected, they were covered with cheese and scallions. That should be au gratin potatoes not scalloped but they tasted good anyway. I got the steak fries and Al got the onion strings and we shared them.

Was this the best fillet I have ever had? Probably not, but it was good and wrapped in bacon and cooked medium well, just the way I requested.

Al’s serious sirloin was 20oz of tender and tasty beef and he was one happy camper. Joe also was very pleased with his steak. If you don’t do beef there are things that you can choose, chicken breasts with Dr. Pepper BBQ sauce, fried pork chops, grilled salmon and shrimp and chicken fried steak make with chicken.

Service was good and the drink glasses so huge they never needed to be refilled. It was good solid food in a comfortable atmosphere, and non-smoking is well separated from smoking.

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