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    The Branding Iron

    5.0 (1 review)

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    Tavern 1301

    4.5(47 reviews)
    0.1 mi

    Lamar is a small town but this is a big city quality restaurant. It's inside a hotel. I put their…read morefood up against a lot of restaurants we have here in Fort Worth. Staff and service were great.

    When in Lamar, this is apparently the go to place- well it might be one of the only places- since…read moreLamar is small. Tavern 1301 has a spacious layout inside the Cow Palace Inn- hilarious! Tavern 1301 has an expansive menu. A large majority of the menu features items from the local ranchers and farmers of SE Colorado. We wanted to try a variety of tastes from the menu, so we ordered a few things to split and share. We started with hot wings with raspberry diablo sauce- not super diablo but had a good flavor and the wings were cooked perfectly. I the opted for the 6oz tenderloin filet, cooked to medium temp. I selected the sweet corn tamale and loaded mashed potatoes for my sides. I also added the 'shroom,onion,and gorgonzola topping to my steak. This was not so much a topping, but an entire skillet in and of itself- see pic. It was too much for a 6oz steak. The steak was great as expected. Loaded mashed potatoes were yummy- large portion-but good. The sweet corn tamale was not a tamale. They explained it as a deconstructed tamale. What they meant was that it was corn bread. Not bad, just not what I expected. Our server was very nice and checked on us frequently. We ended up back at Tavern 1301 later in the evening for a night cap. Very friendly employees all around.

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    Tavern 1301 - Side of 'shrooms, onions, and gorgonzola. Its $8 and it's a lot for a 6oz steak

    Side of 'shrooms, onions, and gorgonzola. Its $8 and it's a lot for a 6oz steak

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    Ports to Plains - Ranchers Restaurant

    3.1(23 reviews)
    1.3 mi
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    This review is for the Indian cuisine. Food is authentic scratch made in house by an Indian…read morenational. I was surprised at how young this talented chef is when he stopped by our table to check on us. Don't let the run down place fool you, this food is legit and absolutely delicious! You'll enter the steak house and the waitress will hand you their menu. Inside the menu is the Indian section and the steak house selection. The steakhouse also has a buffet. Highly recommend the Indian cuisine!

    My experience started with a "seat yourself" sign. It was genuinely hard to find a cleaned off…read moretable to sit at. I'm sure I got the last one. I didn't wait long for my first "hello." She asked me what I wanted to drink. I said a Diet Pepsi. I got a regular. I asked again, she brought me diet Dr Pepper. I politely said, "Let's try this again." We got it on the third try. As I was reading the menu, I heard 2 men complaining adamantly that they're food tasted like "burnt grease," to which the waitress responded, "Our regular chef is sick and the backup is all alone." I'm not sure how that matters, but okay. To play fair, the two men were grumpy old couch cushions, regardless, they're customers. I ordered the salad bar. The lettuce is ice burg that went through like a spaghetti maker. It was long and stringy. The items in the salad bar are not cold. It's room temperature. I have concerns. Also, there were about 5-7 flies walking on all of it. I sat back down, I waited for my waitress. I handed her a $5, and said, "That's for the soda the rest is yours. I don't think I want to eat here." I politely walked out. I hate giving only one star, I think it's petty, but this place earned it. If I can't feel comfortable eating the food at a place that does food, then I gotta go. The waitress seemed like a genuinely nice person, and I hope I didn't offend her. She probably deserves better working conditions, I don't know. We're supposed to review the food, and I didn't want to.

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