Rita, were we at Brier Creek in Raleigh last night? I thought so for a while. I had flash backs of Long Horn Steakhouse a few months ago..remember that??
10 of us presented ourselves at the NS Steakhouse last night at 5:44pm. Fair sized establishment not too far from our condos. We were told by the staff that it would be 45"-1hour before we could be seated. They only had 2 table areas big enough to seat us all together. And both of these had just been seated with other groups. They offered for us to sit outside at the patio area but it got voted down by all. No problem..some of us went to the bar (Happy Hour 1/2 price drinks). Mom, Bev and I went next door to Bealls to look (ok..I mean shop). We shopped for about 45 minutes and went back to the bar. (3 shirts, 1 pair of pant, and 2 bras later).
Arrived to learn the folks that had been seated at 5:44pm had just gotten their food. Yipes!!
Soooo, I ordered a beverage of choice and so did Mom. She had a virgin Strawberry daiquiri.
Three drinks later...still waiting. Finally, we were seated at about 7:45pm. OK..then we were served a drink..and waited to order. OK..we ordered..about half way around the table...we learned that they were out of Prime Rib. Several folks had to choose something else as a result.
We enjoyed a couple of appetizers. Then, a new one was delivered by the Manager (their homemade potato chips with cheese). Pretty good. But, not a good sign. Time passed.
Food finally arrived about 8:45pm. Bob's steak was wrong. Sherry's potato wasn't done. So, they fixed that. I think everything else was OK and pretty good. We had lots of take home since we'd filled up on the appetizers. My steak is still in the refrigerator. Dad just eat the half rack of ribs we had for lunch. We finally left the restaurant 4 hours after our arrival. Longest meal we've had since Long Horn. Remind us to never try to go out on a Holiday weekend.
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