We Shouldn't Have Left The House

David and I went out to eat tonight. I suggested we try out a new Mexican food restaurant here in Rowlett, so we tried there first. The parking lot was full, which is one of my main indicators of the worthiness of a restaurant. They've been working on this restaurant for months, so I was expecting a real elaborate place. The entry way where the hostess greets you is just petitioned off by curtains hanging from bars. The girl took your napkin out of your glass and put it on your lap for you. She handed us our menus. At first I thought there weren't any prices on it, but they are one of the new price places that gives the prices in whole dollars, as in $9 instead of $8.95. I looked around and didn't see very many bowls of chips on tables, looked at the menu and saw that you had to PAY FOR CHIPS AND SALSA. As soon as I told David this, we agreed to get up and walk before we got in any deeper.

Next we tried another Mexican food place here, but there weren't very many people there, so we drove on. And on and on. We eventually wound up in Garland and then drove to restaurant row in Mesquite. There was a new Mexican food place there, so we went there. The chips weren't awful (not crispy and light) and the salsa was too hot. We ordered. One and 1/2 hours later, we asked about our food and were told that they were having problems in the kitchen. Lots of people were looking at their watches just like we were. We decided to walk. We had eaten two baskets of chips and the manager told us that they were on the house.

We had to get home because Kelly, Tami & the girls were due to our house around 9. We drove back to Rowlett and went to a new BBQ place here. The beans were not seasoned, the potato salad was blah. It cured me of wanting it to be a new place to pick up food.

We got home a little before 9 and the kids got to our house about 10 minutes later. It was a horrible night----we clearly should have stayed home tonight!