Mother's Day in DaHo...
After a weekend of 'challenging' yard work, we took Pam's mother, and I took Pam, to a very highly rated local restaurant. It's called the Snake River Grill and is about 30 miles away in Hagerman. Its in a very quaint and pretty area just past 1000 Springs, which is also a very beautiful place. I have seen 4 reviews of this restaurant in the local paper. It has a very 'famous' local owner/chef and gets rave reviews.
So, we get there and walk in. Pam and I were both stunned by the 'ambiance' - not that we were expecting elegance, but... We were dressed up and most of the folks there weren't. Most of the guys had on their 'baseball' caps and jeans. Anyway, I said that the food must be really great, after all the great reviews I have seen. So we ordered and the food was reasonable, but both Pam and I were seriously underwhelmed by the experience. We had 'local' food - local beef, local sturgeon and local alligator. We had a good time, but it just wasn't close to what we were expecting.
As we were coming home, I was thinking about what happened and came to the conclusion that the reviewers just must not have much experience out of DaHo...
posted by DaHo at 7:32 PM
2 Comments:
In New Mexico if the baseball caps were clean then that would be dressed up.
Actually, they were pretty clean - mostly farm oriented ones. But, it was more than the 'casual' dress. It was the plastic chairs and the paper napkins and the 4 foot salad bar and the fake vines and.... Well, you get the idea...
If I would have stopped in there without knowing anything about it, it would have been great. But, from all the good press, we were expecting something much different.
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