Bubba's 33 Mesquite - Stromboli

The wifey tonight said we needed to do something different for dinner tonight. So after a brief conversation, she decided we were going to Bubba's 33. Of course we haven't been there in about 10 days. So we did the Bump and Grind to Bubba's.

We decided to try the Stromboli tonight. We had a friend recommend it. So you know when a bud says you gotta do something, a good redneck goes and does it. It's in the code.

But first we ordered a full order of onion rings. Man that is a lot of rings and they are very good. So grab ya some rings next time you find yourself in Bubba's.

Then we ordered the Stromboli. Man this thing is unreal big. I am estimating about 18 inches long. We could have had half of one and it would have been plenty and that is with us splitting that half. The Stromboli was very greasy. It tasted pretty good, but it was much greasier than the Stromboli at Joes or Napolis. I would prefer limited grease, not floating in it. So not so impressed with the Stromboli.

So the burger here is a top 5 burger, I hear the pizza is good also and that will be next time. but pass on the Stromboli.

Givem a 7.00 (most of this is because the onion rings are so good.)

Mitcho
©2016

Recently a server increased my tip after I left the restaurant. I went to a manager who did nothing. I charged the difference back to my credit card. I won't be going back.

Jesus is the Reason for the Season.

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Cotton Patch = Rockwall

We were invited out to Rockwall to babysit grandkids. You know that this is important time for a redneck granddad to spend with his grandkids, especially when the parents are gone and can't supervise. How else are they going to learn to spit, whittle, understand slang, pitch washers, etc. So of course we babysit anytime we have a chance.

So we decided to do the Black Bottom to the Cotton Patch in Rockwall on the way for some dinner grub. Since the Black Eyed Bean closed, Cotton Patch moved up in the world of home cooking restaurants.

It was cold tonight. They seated us about halfway into the restaurant and it was still way too cold. It didn't seem like they had the heat running. So this is going to have to be a warm weather option. Not going back when it is 30 degrees outside. Of course if they would have let me fire up a burn barrel next to the table, all would have been good.

I had pre-planned to gobble me some meatloaf, you know some high dollar redneck food. However, here it comes, almost immediately the wifey is talking sharing. Somehow, I worked the deal for her to order her on meal and I get meatloaf. I need to review the security camera to figure how that happened. So I ordered the meatloaf, fried okra and cinnamon apples. How can a home cooking place stay in business and not offer red beans. I have gas passing lessons to teach later and need fuel.

The meatloaf was just OK, so I guess that is God's punishment for not sharing. I am big fan of meatloaf, but this wasn't it.  The fried okra was pretty good and the cinnamon apples were good. The rolls that were brought out looked like they were ready to go into the oven to cook. They were ok, but could have been better.

So we got fed and was on our way, but not the best meal we have had at a Cotton Patch.

Givem a 6.496

Mitcho
©2016

Jesus is the Reason for the Season.

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Buttermilk's - Canton

So the wifey and me are on a trek to Marshall to see the Wonderland of lights. We planned our blast off to be in Canton at lunch time. So we did the Biscuit and Gravy to Canton.  We have been to Buttermilk's before. This is a very cute restaurant on the square. They serve the typical Texas cafe grub.

So when we got there, everyone in Canton was there. We had to sit at the counter because that was the only seats left. Also at the counter was two lawyers. If they let lawyers in the place, they will let anyone in here.

So in reviewing the menu, I discovered that they serve Fried Bologna Sandwich. Now this is high dollar redneck food. It just doesn't get any better.

The sandwich comes on Texas toast, which is a good! There are two very thick slices of Bologna lightly fried. I would prefer them to be really fried, but I will point that out next time. And there will be a next time! This masterpiece is floating in cheese. They normally put mayo on it, but I ain't no sissy, so I had mustard instead. They do need to allow a few additions: pickles, onion, bacon, jalapeños and peanut butter. Cooked right, I call it a Poor Mitcho.

It also comes with chips they fry there, which are better than Lays.

This was a great find. So let's grab the whole gang and wannabes and head to Canton.

I giv'em a 8.752.

Mitcho
😋2016

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that whosoever beleaves  in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

Jesus is the reason for the season!

Jesus is my Lord and Saviour.

Bubba's 33 - Mesquite

Bubba's 33 recently opened a new restaurant in Mesquite. It is very unusual for a new concept in restaurants to open their first location in North Texas in Mesquite. But here they are. So of course for each of my readers benefit it is necessary for me to eat there and give a review. So the wifey and me did the Bagurumba over to 33's.

You know it has redneck possibilities with the name Bubba's. That's a good rat there. Then walking in the door I run into a fellow redneck friend. So it's an invasion.

Let's get down to it, this is a sports bar that also sells food. There are flat screen TV's all around all walls. It you don't get your sports fix on here, you are hopeless. It is not an over the top bar and from where they sat us (at the back door), there wasn't a high presence of beers.

The big draw to the food here is the bacon ground up into the hamburger meat. Then bacon on top of the burger. If you are into bacon and I know many of you are, then this is home.

So we ordered Bubba's bacon burger and onion rings. The burger is 1/2 lb of meat, so we know I had to split with the wifey. So this is only 1/2 of a review.

As I said earlier, the burger has bacon ground up in the meat. You can't taste bacon, but it definitely has a better flavor than most burgers. The burger comes with all of the usual suspects (lettuce, tomato and onion), cheese, slices of Bubba's smoke bacon, and Bubba sauce. Bacon, Bacon, Bacon. The Bubba's sauce is different. It is a combination of BBQ sauce, mayonnaise and some other ingredients. It is going to take me a few trips to figure this sauce out. The burger could use more onions and some mustard would be nice also.

The burger comes with shoe string French fires. Now I really love thin sliced fries and these are just like I like em.

The waitress bragged about the onion rings and you know Mitcho loves anything onion. So we had to try a batch.  These are some of the best onion rings we have had lately. I like Twisted Root better, but this is a very close second. Good flavor and texture in the crust and a good crunchy onion. These are a good to go.

Overall, they have something here. I wish it was a little less bar, but the food is scrumptious. Count on seeing Mitcho here when you go. And you must go soon. See ya.

Giv'em a 8.6573

Mitcho
©2016

I recently had a server increase my tip after I left the restaurant. I went to a manger who did nothing. I won't be going back.

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

 

Braum's Hamburgers - N Galloway and Town East

Recently one of my readers requested I review the hamburgers at Braum's. Of course he thinks they are the best or he wouldn't have requested a review. This brings up a good point. I am open to suggestions of restuarants to review. All you have to do is send a request to info@whogivesacare.com.

So at lunch today we did the Kizomba over to Braums. I am well known here, but for ice cream. My specialty is the banana split. I have it for dinner on Sunday nights pretty regular. Yum, Yum. But I digress, today we are talking about hamburgers. I have eaten a good number of Braum's hamburgers in the past, but it has been a good while.

So I studied the menu and the 4 cheese hamburger looked interesting. So I ordered the 4 Cheesey with fries and a drink. Wow, this thing is redneck loaded with cheese. I am talking about thick flowing everywhere. Good to go. The meat patty is a 1/3 lb. patty and it is pretty tasty. The thing is, that is all that is on this burger. No sauce, onions, pickles, etc. None of the requirements. So I added some ketchup to it. It had a good taste and was a good burger. But it needs reinforcements.

The fries are the frozen kind that you can buy in the store and are large. I personally prefer a thinner fry that is crispy.

This was a good meal, but all burgers are judged against Whataburger. This burger needs more than 4 types of cheese to be better than a Whataburger. To be fair, I am going to have to go back and get the standard burger to compare to a Whataburger.

I planned on getting a Lime Sherbert ice cream cone after lunch, but the Wifey frowned on the idea. Oh well, maybe next time.

Givem a 7.6983

Mitcho
©2016

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

Olive Garden - Mesquite

I worked like a rented mule all day. Lunch was fast, early and sparse. So by early afternoon I was Haungry!!!!! Luckily the wifey was Haungry at dinner time also, so she was ok with eating a large meal. So we debated a number of options and she settled on Olive Garden. So we did the Jitterbug stroll over to Olive Garden.

Olive Garden is upscale from the mom and pop Italian restaurant, but they still unknowingly let rednecks in. Of course half the tables were empty tonight so they were happy to see my credit card.

We decided before we left home that we would share the Tour of Italy. We hadn't travelled much lately so we needed a good tour.

The meal starts off with peach tea. The first glass was just sweet tea (which is not all that bad), but the 2nd and following glasses had a good peach taste. You know us rednecks like plenty of liquid refreshments with substantial flavor.

Next is salad and breadsticks. Now your talking when I am eating Olive Garden breadsticks. This is my favorite bread of all restaurants. Get you some breadsticks. The salad has a great tasting dressing and is very tasty. Always a winner.

The tour of Italy is Chicken Parmigiana, Fetticini Alfredo and Lasagne. The Chicken Parmigiana has a nice crust and is loaded with cheese. This is one of my favorite chicken dinners. Yum Yum. I am not sure why Alfred got the Fetticini, but Fetticini Alfredo is all about maximum cheese and noodles. Rock on. Of the course it ends with Lasagne and I am a big fan of the Lasagne.

Overall this is a very good meal.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so I hope your turkey is stuffed and on a plate in front of you and not in a chair across the table.

Mitcho
©2016

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Texas Land & Cattle - Rowlett

So dinner rolled around again and we had a gift card to Texas Land & Cattle so I suggested to the wifey that we slide over there and get her a steak. You know she is high cotton folk that really likes a good steak. For me it comes round and fried.

So we did the Passacaglia over to Texas Land & Cattle. They might as well have a no rednecks allowed sign out front. So I had to change out of my "Rednecks Rule" T-Shirt to my dress UT T-Shirt so that they would let me in.

I have a history with Texas Land & Cattle. I have eaten in their restaurants twice in my life. Once in Austin and once in Richardson. Both times the waiter after I left bumped my tip up $20.00 from what I had indicated on the receipt (and I tip 20%). So of course, both times I challenged the charge through the credit card company and had the extra charge reversed. This has only happened to me twice and both times at T L & C. See below, I am now 3 for 3. So buyer beware, they will get in your billfold in unscrupulous ways.

After intense study of the menu we decided to go for the 2 for $25 special. An appetizer and two entrees for $25.00, not bad if it really happened. So the wifey went for the 6 oz Sirloin Steak and mashed taters. I went for the 7 oz chopped steak and mashed taters. We both had house salads.

We started the meal off with onion strings and these were pretty good. There was a very large stack of em, which more is good.

Then they brought bread. Good thing I have redneck ways because this bread was so hard I had to break out my Saws All to cut it. Besides being extremely hard, the bread just didn't have much taste. This will cost them. They didn't like the noise my Saws All made cutting the bread.

The salads we pretty decent salads, we still prefer Outback's over them, but it was a decent salad.

The wifey said she enjoyed her steak and the mashed taters were ok.

My chopped steak was ok and the mashed taters were ok, not the best I have ever had, but ok.

Now the bill comes. It seems that they brought me a 10 oz chopped steak instead of a 7 oz steak like I ordered, so they bumped me an additional $5.00. They didn't seem to see the problem with them upping my order without my permission. So they have now gotten me 3 times out of 3 trips. I am watching my credit card just in case. I will let you know tomorrow.

So if you give me a gift card to Texas Land & Cattle, I will give it to the homeless guy on the corner and let him go get ripped off.

Due to their unscrupulous ways I give'm a 3.27 (the lowest score I have ever given.)

Mitcho
©2016