Description: I have to admit that New Deal was a bit of a surprise to me. It wasn’t at all what I expected. You enter the building into the tap room. If you prefer a quiet dining experience I suggest you ask to sit in the restaurant. We didn’t know the difference so we sat in the tap room. The room is dominated by an oak bar, and a rather young crowd was sitting around it. I should say a young and rather rowdy crowd, not in a bad way but there was a high level of noise.
We got a booth along the wall and the first thing I noticed was the rather tacky thick paper table cloth, at least the napkins were cloth. The second thing I noticed was the $12 meal deal for Monday through Thursday. For $12 you have your choice of entrees—Sirloin steak, two pork chops, two chicken breasts, or salmon all served with salad, choice of potato or onion straws, and a glass of wine, a 12oz house beer (which was Coors) or soda. This seemed like a hard to pass up special.
I chose the two chicken breasts which can be had a variety of ways, Cajun, barbecue, teriyaki, or marinated. I chose Cajun with the roasted potatoes, and the poppyseed dressing on my salad, and a glass of white zinfandel. Al took the sirloin steak (now there is a surprise) roasted potatoes, ranch dressing, and the Coors.
While we waited for our meals we were served a basket of dark bread that tasted of molasses and honey flavored whipped butter. The bread was tasty, but would have been much better had it been served warm.
The meals were okay. I would love to say that it was fabulous, but it wasn’t. There was some skin left on my chicken breast which may have helped keep it moist but which I found disconcerting when I tried to eat it. There was a nice coating of Cajun spice, but it was nothing really exceptional. The onion straws were the winner as far as I was concerned. The roasted potatoes were just that, no rosemary, no onion, no flavor. The salad was a mix of lettuce with the predominant variety being iceberg. Served cold and fresh but with nothing out of the ordinary.
Al’s steak was cooked just right, but was tough. It was after all Sirloin, not New York Strip, or Delmonico.
Service was good, though we were never offered refills on our drinks. We finally asked for glasses of water. No effort was made to sell us dessert, actually it was never mentioned , nor was coffee.
At the end of the day what we got was a good deal. For the price, it was better than I expected.
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