The Fork

Really good chicken fried steak! Haven't had anything bad here. Yummy!

Took a trip to this small town to visit family. There are only a handful of restaurants so we randomly chose this spot.

I got the country fried steak special for $7.50 (or was it $7.95?). It came with 3 sides and a biscuit, I chose corn, green beans and mashed potatoes... all were pretty good and the CFS was good too. I liked that it did not have too much extra batter.  My BF got the omelet which I was not a fan off, the egg was too thin and runny. I didn't think the service was as slow as other reviewers mentioned.

I really hate to give a small town, privately owned restaurant a poor review but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. And besides, I rely on yelp for objective, honest reviews so I feel compelled to provide the same.

This is a quaint place. Charming atmosphere. You feel right at home.

The service is weak. I would have said overwhelmed (which is probably a large basis for the problem we faced) but that went out the door when we started asking questions. We asked what the "Hot cheeseburger" was and she said "I think it has, like, jalapeños or something." That might have been an acceptable answer but then she said "I only started working here two months ago." Honey, if you've been there two whole months, you ought to know what the freaking Hot Cheeseburger is. Then she refilled our unsweet tea with sweet tea.

We ordered the Gusher Burger which was defined as two patties with molten cheese melted in between the patties. They came out and it looked a lot like one decent sized patty with cheese on top. Maybe there was cheese in the patty but I would have needed a forensics kit to know for sure. My cheeseburger came with exactly 13 french fries. The burger was decent but nothing special and damn sure not worth $9!!!

Here's the rub - from the time we ordered (cheeseburgers mind you) until the time we got our food - 45 minutes. Absolutely no way your going to make it if it takes you 45 minutes to get a cheeseburger out at lunchtime! Sorry.

Maybe I'm trying to offer an intervention rather than a review. I want you guys to make it but if you cant handle a large lunch crowd in a timely fashion, you're in serious trouble.

If I were in Gladewater, I'd stop in but I wouldn't make a special trip.

Slightly down turned face.