Ram Restaurant

I never give 1 star without telling the place about their food quality, and I gave 1 star & not 0 because David D.'s service was impeccable.  Clearly a winner, if not mgmt. material.  But the woes were clear.  The heat vent over out table was murder.  I asked to them to take a log off the fire but to no avail.  David was great, he followed-up to make sure the TV got changed from rhetoric to ESPN.  

The meatloaf I ordered a year ago could use more grilling since although it was tasty it's look and mouthfeel inside was "grey, tasty dogfood for people."  So 3 months ago I asked for extra grilling and I ask politely two (2) times which makes it where the waiter can't say "I didn't hear you."  And it was not grilled extra.  So I wanted to try it really grilled so today I asked two (2) times politely for extra grilled so it was crispy and it was not.  I told David but filled up on cole slaw and onion strings.  

The low rating is their cheddar mashed tomatoes.  To make Ram cheddar mashed taters they dice a tomato that's under-ripe and has plenty of seeds and they add mashed potato with no cheddar to the tomato seeds and diced tomato.  Then they put the meatloaf prepared contrary to request and add thin brown oil liquid with no salt to the onion strings to make the crispy onion strings soggy.  They crisp up the onion strings to make them soggy.  Watch Gordon Ramsay slam a place's crispy calamari that they make soggy.  The cool waiiter David said the manager is gathering more negative feedback to "tweak" the dish and he gave the feedback to the manager w/no sense to apologize.  Bye-bye business dollars from us business travelers.  Just dumb.

The beers are super tasty.  Thursdays are $2 drafts except seasonal.  There are check in deals for Yelp and Foursquare.  Armadillo Eggs are yummers.  Steak salad is mediocre on triangle shaped plate; it's annoying to eat.  Awesome burger thoughts... Cuban sandwich on a burger, Reuben sandwich on a burger, and a bunch other.  The Ricardo was tasty, sweet potato fries were normal expectation.  We had the cheese dip appetizer twice.  One night was scraping the bottom of the barrel, one night was yummers.  Nix the pitas it comes with and just get extra tortilla chips.  Staff was acceptable, but preoccupied.  Manager was super friendly.  The menu is expansive, the food sounds and looks good, but needs to step it up a bit in taste.  The bar is big and oddly shaped.

Great bar!  Enjoyed Sunday Night Football on their giant projector, and caught up on the football highlights of the day on the 2 LCD's on either side of the projector screen.  Many beers on tap.  Friendly bartender.