pros: quality sides, certain main dishes, history, generous portions (value)
cons: avg service, inconsistent (certain main dishes), waiting (potentially)
so we decided to hit this little place up on a whim, as we saw the line of people waiting for a place that wasn't even open. for starters, many people complain about waiting and the big line, but it wasn't an issue at 11:00am on a saturday.
we ordered some sweet tea, which had good flavor and wasn't too sweet, aka good. we also got an order of corn bread. it had good texture, was slightly dry, but good overall. the honey and butter combo they serve with it was welcome.
for our actual lunch, we decided to try the pecan fried chicken breast, with fried corn on the cob and mashed potatoes.
first off, the chicken was amazing. super moist, tender white meat, with a great outer crusting that had some sweet flavor infused. the cream that came with it wasn't the best, however (gravy aka). the mashed potatoes were also pretty good; good texture, and the skin is always welcome. gravy was a standard brown.
the corn was perfectly seasoned, but we felt the frying kind of masked the flavor. still good though.
our friends dishes weren't anything special, though.
one got the crab cake, the other fried oyster po-boy.
the crab cake didn't really have any flavor and tasted kind of heated up from the freezer.
the sandwich, while the oysters were good, had too much bread and that took away from the overall flavor. and the fries were overly greasy, with no flavor.
the service was okay, but just average really.
overall, this was a cool place with some good history, but certain dishes seemed to outweigh others!