Ruby Tuesday

Stopped here for dinner on our way home to Bloomington, which is the third time we've been in the past two years. It'll be the last, unfortunately.

My husband had the gumbo and I sampled it...nothing to write home about; in fact, I've had better at Red Lobster, and that's saying a lot. Our daughter had queso w/chips, which came to the table cold, and she said, "I like Moe's better, Momma." And the tastiest part of our son's bacon cheeseburger were the apples and grapes as his sides, especially after having to wait over seven minutes for them to bring the ketchup--they'd forgotten--to him in the fancy sh'mancy condiment container. I had the Southwestern eggrolls, which were OK, plus a salad bar. They do have a pretty decent salad bar, but I can get everything they had on it (and more) at Chuck E. Cheese + my kids can play games AND have pizza (which they like), and the husband can have a beer! Oh, and I abhor C.E.C.

Our server was pleasant and attentive, so no issues there. We were also greeted and seated quickly, and they were very nice as we left. So, I'm simply basing my decision not to eat there again solely on the food, which would only get 1-2 stars - the 3-star rating encompasses the polite staff.

This was the smallest salad bar I had ever seen at a Ruby Tuesday. It was ok, but we used to visit other locations throughout the state specifically for the salad bar...not this one. Service was good, and restaurant was clean. Drinks....whoa! Even our waiter made a joke that they are "Vegas prices". A tall double Bacardi and Coke was $14!
The location is good since it is close to the group of hotels, but they are definitely losing the locals with those drink prices and small salad bar.

Now that I know I can have their yummy BBQ Chicken Breast Dinner for less than 10 Weight Watchers points, I'm a FAN!  But skip the mashed potatoes, and get asparagus instead-