The Pantry is mainly a lunch place in McKinney. Their hours are 11:00 to 2:30 Monday to Friday and Thursday to Saturday 5:00 to 8:00.
This is basically your sandwich, soup and salad joint followed by FRESH PIES. It is in a building that is probably pushing 100 years old. I enjoy the table cloths on about 1/2 of the tables. These have newspaper advertisements from the 1850's. Today I got real interested in a wagon (you know pulled by two horses, sometimes with a cloth cover if you were rich) for sale for $58.95. I would bet $58.95 was a lot of money in 1850. However, it was a really cool looking wagon. But you can't eat it, so let's move on.
At lunch today, I ordered a cup of Chili, tea and Chocolate Cream Pie, wow.
The Chili was surprisingly spicy. It also had cheese on top. I was expecting a decent chili, but nothing special. However, I enjoyed the chili quite a bit. Give the chili a 7.
(The wifey ordered chicken tortilla soup and seemed to enjoy it also.)
Now the real skinney is the PIE. First of all, they have 8 or 9 choices of pie. Every piece of pie is a MAN size slice. You get a plate full of pie every time. I wanted about 4 or 5 slices of the different choices. My Chocolate Cream Pie was heavenly. Whipped cream, chocolate and a cream filling on the bottom. Yum Yum. The Pie gets an 8.75.
Mitcho says eat light in sandwiches and soup, then filler up on PIE.
NOTE: I also had dinner at Doe Belly's tonight, but tonights meal was identical to my last rating - 10!
Tomorrow will be about a restaurant downtown Dallas.
Mitcho
©2014
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Joes Pizza and Pasta - Galloway and Tripp, next to Mardel & Hobby Lobby
Our CG from church met here tonight for food and fellowship. So I was part of a large group. I do eat here from time to time. The place is adequate. How do you mess up pasta?
The rolls they serve are decent. Give it a 5. I like the rolls at Eddie's Napolis or Olive Garden. Now Olive Garden does rolls.
The salad is a plate of fresh lettuce, 1/2 slice of tomato and one ring of an onion. This is a pretty basic salad. Give it a 5 and I am probably being generous here. I get the house dressing, which is pretty spicy and tasty. It gets a 6, it just needs to be on a better salad.
I ordered Lasagna and it was a pretty decent lasagna. It is a basic lasagna, hamburger meat (the meat does not have sauce in it (pretty plain), the sauce is above and below it), some cheese, noodles and limited sauce. It gets a 5.
Note: I make a homemade lasagna and mine gets a 7 if this gets a 5.
The service is good most of the time and gets a 6.
So overall this visit is a 5.518.
The fellowship was an 8.5. You know who you 1.5 are that didn't make it tonight!!!!
ONE ITEM TO PAY ATTENTION HERE: I have had one time where the waiter changed my tip after I had left on the receipt they turned in. Thus my credit card was charged for a higher amount. The difference was not enough to go back and fight over, but my tip is a little smaller when I am here to offset the potential of a problem later.
Mitcho
©2014
The rolls they serve are decent. Give it a 5. I like the rolls at Eddie's Napolis or Olive Garden. Now Olive Garden does rolls.
The salad is a plate of fresh lettuce, 1/2 slice of tomato and one ring of an onion. This is a pretty basic salad. Give it a 5 and I am probably being generous here. I get the house dressing, which is pretty spicy and tasty. It gets a 6, it just needs to be on a better salad.
I ordered Lasagna and it was a pretty decent lasagna. It is a basic lasagna, hamburger meat (the meat does not have sauce in it (pretty plain), the sauce is above and below it), some cheese, noodles and limited sauce. It gets a 5.
Note: I make a homemade lasagna and mine gets a 7 if this gets a 5.
The service is good most of the time and gets a 6.
So overall this visit is a 5.518.
The fellowship was an 8.5. You know who you 1.5 are that didn't make it tonight!!!!
ONE ITEM TO PAY ATTENTION HERE: I have had one time where the waiter changed my tip after I had left on the receipt they turned in. Thus my credit card was charged for a higher amount. The difference was not enough to go back and fight over, but my tip is a little smaller when I am here to offset the potential of a problem later.
Mitcho
©2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Pizza Getti on Buckner Blvd between I-30 and John West
Remember there are other Pizza Getti's, but they are not associated with the REAL Pizza Getti and no where near as good.
Ok I know that I just reviewed this restaurant, but my review fired my kids up for SOME good pizza. Me and the wifey had snuck off on Saturday night without the kids. So they called and wanted to know if I would want to go, like there was a chance I would say NO. So of course I went. We had 10 of the 11 in the family, all hungry. We ordered 1 xtra large Canadian Bacon and Green Olives, and 3 larges (Pepperoni, Pepperoni and Green Olives and a Cheese-for the little ones).
It was scrumptous. I have to apologize to our daughter in law who couldn't make it, we ordered enough pizza so that some could be taken home to you, but it was sooo good and we were in a feeding frenzy and we ate it all. Piranhas have nothing on my family in the middle of a feeding frenzy!
Give all 4 pizzas a 10. It just doesn't get any better!!!!
They do have an all you can eat buffet at lunch Tuesday to Friday. This would be a good time to make up for your past transgressions.
Mitcho
©2014
Ok I know that I just reviewed this restaurant, but my review fired my kids up for SOME good pizza. Me and the wifey had snuck off on Saturday night without the kids. So they called and wanted to know if I would want to go, like there was a chance I would say NO. So of course I went. We had 10 of the 11 in the family, all hungry. We ordered 1 xtra large Canadian Bacon and Green Olives, and 3 larges (Pepperoni, Pepperoni and Green Olives and a Cheese-for the little ones).
It was scrumptous. I have to apologize to our daughter in law who couldn't make it, we ordered enough pizza so that some could be taken home to you, but it was sooo good and we were in a feeding frenzy and we ate it all. Piranhas have nothing on my family in the middle of a feeding frenzy!
Give all 4 pizzas a 10. It just doesn't get any better!!!!
They do have an all you can eat buffet at lunch Tuesday to Friday. This would be a good time to make up for your past transgressions.
Mitcho
©2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Spring Creek BBQ Restaurant Row in Mesquite
Spring Creek is a chain with restaurants across the MetroMess. The BBQ is alway dependable. It won't ever be the best, but it is always good.
Me and the Wifey split a Beef and Sausage dinner.
The beef slices are tender and not overloaded with fat. Give it a 6.758
The sausage we selected was pepper sausage. It has a good quantity of pepper so that you can taste the pepper in every bite. I am a big spicy/pepper fan. So this meets my needs. I give the sausage a 7.05.
The beans have a good flavor and after I put some BBQ sauce on them, they were plenty spicy. Give the beans a 7.0.
The potato salad is good with a good variety of ingredients in it. However, did I not say I liked things spicy. This is a mayonnaise based potato salad. To get a high score it has to be mustard based. Give a 5.5.
The rolls are baked fresh on site and they are very yummy. Grab plenty of butter as you go through the line as you will want to eat a number of rolls. Forget that diet for about 15 minutes. Give the rolls a 7.5. The best food item here.
Saw several good friends here tonight which always makes dining a little more fun.
NOTE: On Sundays you get a free scoop of Blue Bell Ice Cream. Now I am a big fan of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla.
Overall, this is a solid 7, you won't brag about it, but you won't regret going there either.
HINT: My top two BBQ places are Hutchins BBQ on Tennessee in McKinney and Rudy's. Their reviews are coming soon!
Mitcho
©2014
Me and the Wifey split a Beef and Sausage dinner.
The beef slices are tender and not overloaded with fat. Give it a 6.758
The sausage we selected was pepper sausage. It has a good quantity of pepper so that you can taste the pepper in every bite. I am a big spicy/pepper fan. So this meets my needs. I give the sausage a 7.05.
The beans have a good flavor and after I put some BBQ sauce on them, they were plenty spicy. Give the beans a 7.0.
The potato salad is good with a good variety of ingredients in it. However, did I not say I liked things spicy. This is a mayonnaise based potato salad. To get a high score it has to be mustard based. Give a 5.5.
The rolls are baked fresh on site and they are very yummy. Grab plenty of butter as you go through the line as you will want to eat a number of rolls. Forget that diet for about 15 minutes. Give the rolls a 7.5. The best food item here.
Saw several good friends here tonight which always makes dining a little more fun.
NOTE: On Sundays you get a free scoop of Blue Bell Ice Cream. Now I am a big fan of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla.
Overall, this is a solid 7, you won't brag about it, but you won't regret going there either.
HINT: My top two BBQ places are Hutchins BBQ on Tennessee in McKinney and Rudy's. Their reviews are coming soon!
Mitcho
©2014
Sunday, May 4, 2014
#1 Pizza Getti - On Buckner blvd between I-30 and John West Worlds Best Pizza bar none
First of all there are several Pizza Getti's on the East Side of Dallas. There is one in Rockwall at I-30 and Ridge and one on Hwy 78 around Nevada. BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE REAL PIZZA GETTI, all the rest are not related and are wannabee's.
I have been eating in this pizza place since September or October of 1968. I still love the same pizza that I started eating there 45 years ago. The owners are 2nd generation, but just as good cooks and just as friendly. Speaking of 2nd generation, this is the one place that I can tell my kids I am going to for dinner and both will drive 25 to 30 miles to eat dinner.
Hello to D Magazine and Texas Monthly if you think you cover the food places of Dallas and Texas and have never listed Pizza Getti, your listings are bogus at best!!!!!
Now for the real skinny:
Service is outstanding. You will start being a friend here on your first trip and after a few trips you will be family. You can't find that anywhere else. These guys are hard working trying to make sure you have what you need. Service gets a 9.5.
As for Pizza, it is the absolute best pizza in the world. Ok, I have only eaten pizza in the US and Mexico, but I don't think Cambodia or Ghana are the pizza capital of the world. Ok, some place in Italy might have a claim worth trying once, but why go to Italy when you have it right here in East Dallas. I have eaten pizza in probably 25 to 30 states in the US and I always look forward to coming back to Pizza Getti for GOOD PIZZA.
My personal favorite is the Deluxe Pizza. This pretty much has everything in the house on it. The tastes just explode in your mouth. This is one of those I bet you can't eat just one!!!!
I also am a big fan of the sausage, pepperoni, canadian bacon, etc. There are no bad pizza's here.
If you are not into pizza try the spaghetti. It is the best I have ever eaten. They also have lasagna, and I love lasagna, but the pizza and spaghetti are so good I have never gotten around to trying it. But I would bet money on it. If everything else is so great, I can promise the lasagna will be out of this world.
Last night we had the Deluxe pizza. It was awesome. It get's a 10 and as I mentioned in an earlier blog, I am only going to give 2 10's. I also give the sausage, pepperoni and canadian bacon pizza's a 10.
Closed on Sunday or Monday.
So right now start planning your trip for lunch or dinner on Tuesday, you won't regret it.
Mitcho
©2014
I have been eating in this pizza place since September or October of 1968. I still love the same pizza that I started eating there 45 years ago. The owners are 2nd generation, but just as good cooks and just as friendly. Speaking of 2nd generation, this is the one place that I can tell my kids I am going to for dinner and both will drive 25 to 30 miles to eat dinner.
Hello to D Magazine and Texas Monthly if you think you cover the food places of Dallas and Texas and have never listed Pizza Getti, your listings are bogus at best!!!!!
Now for the real skinny:
Service is outstanding. You will start being a friend here on your first trip and after a few trips you will be family. You can't find that anywhere else. These guys are hard working trying to make sure you have what you need. Service gets a 9.5.
As for Pizza, it is the absolute best pizza in the world. Ok, I have only eaten pizza in the US and Mexico, but I don't think Cambodia or Ghana are the pizza capital of the world. Ok, some place in Italy might have a claim worth trying once, but why go to Italy when you have it right here in East Dallas. I have eaten pizza in probably 25 to 30 states in the US and I always look forward to coming back to Pizza Getti for GOOD PIZZA.
My personal favorite is the Deluxe Pizza. This pretty much has everything in the house on it. The tastes just explode in your mouth. This is one of those I bet you can't eat just one!!!!
I also am a big fan of the sausage, pepperoni, canadian bacon, etc. There are no bad pizza's here.
If you are not into pizza try the spaghetti. It is the best I have ever eaten. They also have lasagna, and I love lasagna, but the pizza and spaghetti are so good I have never gotten around to trying it. But I would bet money on it. If everything else is so great, I can promise the lasagna will be out of this world.
Last night we had the Deluxe pizza. It was awesome. It get's a 10 and as I mentioned in an earlier blog, I am only going to give 2 10's. I also give the sausage, pepperoni and canadian bacon pizza's a 10.
Closed on Sunday or Monday.
So right now start planning your trip for lunch or dinner on Tuesday, you won't regret it.
Mitcho
©2014
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Posado's in Plano on 75 between Parker & Spring Creek SB service rd
Okay, this is just a wee bit north of EastDallasCounty. I can't eat all my meals around home. Grandson's basketball game took us to Plano last night. He scored a basket. A great shot from about 12 feet out. Way to go man.
I was also very shocked. If you read my last post about Posado's Mesquite, I have a long history with Posado's and it has been a very good one. Last night did not meet my expectations.
Once we were seated it wasn't too long before our waitress came to take drink orders and our dinner orders. We got to talking about the activities of the day, the basketball game, etc. and quite a bit of time went by. Finally after 10 to 15 minutes I realized that not only had we not received our drinks, we had never been served with chips and hot sauce. Now one of the main reasons you go to a Tex-Mex restaurant is chips and salsa. In our case my wifey eats one full basket by herself. I may start calling her chipper. Oh, maybe not. Anyway, the drinks, chips and salsa did not come until our food came. By the way we ordered 6 drinks, 4 of them were wrong. How do you do that???? Our waitress made excuses for the slowness of everyone else, but didn't address her short comings or actually not coming to serve us. Once we had our food, the service improved some, but it was already too late. We only ate one bowl of chips for 6 people, and remember chipper was with us.
Service gets a 2.5 and I am being generous.
We ordered chicken fajitas. Now I love some Posados chicken fajitas. They are very spicy, they come with sauted onions (and I am a fan of the ONION - said with a cajun accent), a butter sauce to die for (I hear it is unbelievably good, my wifey takes the butter sauce everytime and leaves me everything else), sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and cheese (NOTE: At some Tex-Mex restaurants, the sour cream and cheese cost extra). The meal also comes with beans and rice. We always go for the charro beans. Man are they ever spiced up nicely.
Score 9 for chicken fajitas
7.5 for Charro beans
Rice is Rice
Tortillas gets a 7
salsa 6
butter sauce 9 or better
everything else 7.5..
At the end of the meal we had a sopapilla which are free at Posados. Man, put some butter and syrup on top and it is some good.
Our basketball star also got an ice cream cone to celebrate his basket. Ice cream cones are free also.
The food was Pasados quality, however, the service was pitiful. There won't be a future re-scoring because I won't be going back.
In this same area in Plano is also a Chuy's and El Fenix. Both pretty high on my Tex-Mex List.
Mitcho
©2014
I was also very shocked. If you read my last post about Posado's Mesquite, I have a long history with Posado's and it has been a very good one. Last night did not meet my expectations.
Once we were seated it wasn't too long before our waitress came to take drink orders and our dinner orders. We got to talking about the activities of the day, the basketball game, etc. and quite a bit of time went by. Finally after 10 to 15 minutes I realized that not only had we not received our drinks, we had never been served with chips and hot sauce. Now one of the main reasons you go to a Tex-Mex restaurant is chips and salsa. In our case my wifey eats one full basket by herself. I may start calling her chipper. Oh, maybe not. Anyway, the drinks, chips and salsa did not come until our food came. By the way we ordered 6 drinks, 4 of them were wrong. How do you do that???? Our waitress made excuses for the slowness of everyone else, but didn't address her short comings or actually not coming to serve us. Once we had our food, the service improved some, but it was already too late. We only ate one bowl of chips for 6 people, and remember chipper was with us.
Service gets a 2.5 and I am being generous.
We ordered chicken fajitas. Now I love some Posados chicken fajitas. They are very spicy, they come with sauted onions (and I am a fan of the ONION - said with a cajun accent), a butter sauce to die for (I hear it is unbelievably good, my wifey takes the butter sauce everytime and leaves me everything else), sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and cheese (NOTE: At some Tex-Mex restaurants, the sour cream and cheese cost extra). The meal also comes with beans and rice. We always go for the charro beans. Man are they ever spiced up nicely.
Score 9 for chicken fajitas
7.5 for Charro beans
Rice is Rice
Tortillas gets a 7
salsa 6
butter sauce 9 or better
everything else 7.5..
At the end of the meal we had a sopapilla which are free at Posados. Man, put some butter and syrup on top and it is some good.
Our basketball star also got an ice cream cone to celebrate his basket. Ice cream cones are free also.
The food was Pasados quality, however, the service was pitiful. There won't be a future re-scoring because I won't be going back.
In this same area in Plano is also a Chuy's and El Fenix. Both pretty high on my Tex-Mex List.
Mitcho
©2014
Friday, May 2, 2014
Posado's - Restaurant Row in Mesquite
Love the Tex-Mex. You have to be in Texas to get goooood Tex-Mex. I basically eat Tex-Mex at 4 restaurants. Chuy's which I have already reviewed is #2. Posado's is the bomb, #1.
The food is always spiced nicely. It gets a 9 regardless of what you order.
Chips are pretty decent but not outstanding. It gets 7.
The salsa has improved over the last year or so, but it is still mainly tomato chunks with a little seasoning. Give it a 6 because everything else is so good.
Tortillas are very good and always fresh and hot. This is an 8 if I have seen one.
At the end of the meal you get a FREE sopapilla and Ice Cream cone. This is an 8.537.
Service is outstanding. You almost never wait on anything, they are there to take care of you. One of the servers told me that they average turning a table during busy times in 43 minutes and it is because how efficient their service is. They get a 9 here. The only knock I have is that the turnover on their staff is unbelievable. After going once a week for the last 3 or 4 years, we have only had the same server only 2 or 3 times, because they aren't there anymore. Otherwise, service would get a 10!
On this trip, I ordered the Dos Lunch special (your choice of two entres with rice and beans), which included one beef enchilada and one cheese enchilada, with Charro beans and rice. The beef enchilada was very tasty. You could taste the zing in the spices in the meat. The cheese enchilada is a very tasty cheese that leaves you wanting more. The chili sauce over the enchiladas is also very spicey. I would want a bowl of that chili in the winter time. Give the enchiladas an 8+
The Charro beans are also spiced up nicely and very tasty. This is a 7 and rates way over any refried beans.
Fried rice is fried rice. No point in rating it.
Many times we get the Chicken fajitas. My next review of this restaurant will surely be Chicken Fajitas.
NOTE: If you are ever in Tyler, Mercado's on the north side of the Loop is the mother ship of Posado's. This is where they train managers and franchisees. Try it out.
Until Next time.
Mitcho
©2014
The food is always spiced nicely. It gets a 9 regardless of what you order.
Chips are pretty decent but not outstanding. It gets 7.
The salsa has improved over the last year or so, but it is still mainly tomato chunks with a little seasoning. Give it a 6 because everything else is so good.
Tortillas are very good and always fresh and hot. This is an 8 if I have seen one.
At the end of the meal you get a FREE sopapilla and Ice Cream cone. This is an 8.537.
Service is outstanding. You almost never wait on anything, they are there to take care of you. One of the servers told me that they average turning a table during busy times in 43 minutes and it is because how efficient their service is. They get a 9 here. The only knock I have is that the turnover on their staff is unbelievable. After going once a week for the last 3 or 4 years, we have only had the same server only 2 or 3 times, because they aren't there anymore. Otherwise, service would get a 10!
On this trip, I ordered the Dos Lunch special (your choice of two entres with rice and beans), which included one beef enchilada and one cheese enchilada, with Charro beans and rice. The beef enchilada was very tasty. You could taste the zing in the spices in the meat. The cheese enchilada is a very tasty cheese that leaves you wanting more. The chili sauce over the enchiladas is also very spicey. I would want a bowl of that chili in the winter time. Give the enchiladas an 8+
The Charro beans are also spiced up nicely and very tasty. This is a 7 and rates way over any refried beans.
Fried rice is fried rice. No point in rating it.
Many times we get the Chicken fajitas. My next review of this restaurant will surely be Chicken Fajitas.
NOTE: If you are ever in Tyler, Mercado's on the north side of the Loop is the mother ship of Posado's. This is where they train managers and franchisees. Try it out.
Until Next time.
Mitcho
©2014
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