Review: Texas Roadhouse

On May 17,2014 after spending the second day at Road America’s Spring Vintage Weekend, I took the long way back to my hotel. I ended up at the Texas Roadhouse.

It, of course, has a western cowboy theme and a friendly staff. The young lady showed me to my table and brought along a basket of rolls and cinnamon butter.

I ordered a 6oz sirloin, corn and steak fries. Since I said this was my first time at the Texas Roadhouse, one of the manager brought me a sample of their ribs.

The roll was good but I am not a fan of cinnamon butter. The corn and fries were okay.

The steak was very good but the ribs were outstanding. You could easily pull the meat of the bones. It was very flavorful. I would go with the ribs over the sirloin if I go again.

Review: Pizza Ranch

On May 16, 2014, I came to see Road America’s Spring Vintage Weekend. For dinner, I decided to check out the Pizza Ranch. First, the decor has an old west flavor to it.

Pizza Ranch is a buffet that serves fried chicken and pizza. You pay when you enter and they will ask you if you want a special pizza. Since I was alone, I decided to just take a slice from the pizza bar.

I selected a slice of pepperoni pizza, a fried chicken breast, some corn and a roll/butter. The pizza was good but nothing special. Since it was sitting on the pizza bar, it was on the cold side.

The roll was okay. The corn was very good and fresh. And the fried chicken was excellent. Crispy flavorful skin. Chicken good and big. I shouldn’t have but I went back for a couple fried chicken legs and a little ice cream.

The dessert bar has a couple dessert pizzas and soft serve vanilla ice cream. No ice cream toppings because the ice cream is for the dessert pizzas. It was nice rich vinilla ice cream.

Review: South Union Roadhouse

After visiting the Illinois Railroad Museum, I decided I wanted a steak. Using Yelp, I found the South Union Roadhouse.

Of course, the Roadhouse doesn't serve steak at lunchtime. The burger and fries were great. I had bbq sauce on the burger but it was just ok off the self bbq sauce.