So they replaced Farm Haus Table. We went this week during their soft opening.
They clearly have a bunch of interior finishing to do but I imagine that will be all completed fairly soon.
We went in on a Saturday evening. You walk in and there is a sign saying 'seat yourself' so we did. It took awhile for anyone to come to our table and we were just getting ready to leave when our server came. He was very friendly and took our beverage order and brought us some menus. He was appropriately attentive for the remainder of our visit.
The menus are printed on regular paper - I'm guessing they are tweaking the 'final' menu, which is understandable for a soft opening. The menu itself has 6-7 appetizers, about 15 entrees (all of which are burgers and sandwiches) and some desserts (ice cream).
We decided to try the loaded French fries with brisket. They were really good! The proportion of brisket, cheese, BBQ sauce to fries was spot on. The fries were also hand cut style. A very good appetizer.
I tried the Rodeo burger which has onion rings and BBQ sauce. All condiments are added by the diner by going to the salad bar. They ran out of buns and they apologized and asked if Texas Toast was ok, which it was. The burger itself was flavorful and juicy. The onion rings were onion rings. I had to ask for more BBQ sauce because it was lacking and almost non-existent. I added my condiments (pickles, tomatoes, lettuce) from the salad bar. It was a very good burger and the fries were good as well.
My wife had the deep fried Buffalo Chicken sandwich. The chicken was a very generous portion. The Buffalo sauce had a good flavor. We added ranch dressing from the salad bar. The sandwich was actually very tasty. She ordered Mac n Cheese as her side. It was clear it was homemade and not a box job, so that was a plus. The pasta was slightly underdone so that's something they'll need to work on. The biggest problem was that it just had no flavor - something was missing. Maybe if she opted to add brisket it would have been better - but they need to work on some seasoning to give it some flavor.
While we didn't order salads we did go to the salad bar for condiments. Honestly, that was the main 'downside'. It was fairly messy and disorganized. Veggies were in containers on ice without any label so you had to open everything to find what you wanted (tomatoes for instance). If I was ordering a salad - it was fairly basic - not horrible but not great. Maybe it was better than we thought but we couldn't see it because of the disorganization with containers all over the place and folks' salad 'droppings' on the bar and the ice.
We will definitely go back. Hopefully with a few more weeks or so the interior will get finished out and some of the other issues will be tweaked so it's a bit smoother. Overall the food was good. Simple, but good. Their predecessor tried to get too many items and didn't do any particularly well so a simpler but good menu is great. The fact that it's 5 minutes from our house is a huge plus - so we're hoping they are successful!! read more