link to n&o review. http://www.newsobserver.com/442/story/521441.html
-----15 dec, 2008-----
i love this place.. it is not a cookie cutter chain restaurant. that is part of the appeal. yes, they allowing smoking. if you don't like that, then this probably won't be for you. the bar is a large part of the restaurant, and yes, people do sit at the bar and have a beer and a smoke. so deal with it or go somewhere else.
on to the food. i have been here about 8-10 times in the past 12 months. i always get the shearon harris flavor wings, named after the nuclear plant down the road. it is a hot, spicy (no, not buffalo sauce) flavor. it is a unique hot flavor, but not so hot the wings are not edible. i've had that before (not here). also enjoy the chips, they are thin sliced potatoes fried up like potato chips. excellent. service is fine-they don't have a lot ofwaitstaff so sometimes they get busy and can't get to you right away.
the decor is a combination of elvis and dale sr (if you have to ask, never mind). nascar races are on when they're running, and nfl is on the tvs when the games are on.
neat little unique neighborhood place; don't come here expecting an applebee's experience.
"you have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions"