"This is an old school place, in most of the best ways. It's a lovely room, all weathered wood and small town charm, a place that hasn't changed in decades, and that's how everyone likes it. This is the kind of restaurant my in-laws are OK with, because even though the prices have crept up with inflation, they still start you with a nice loaf of bread, and your dinner comes with soup or salad (meaning, you don't need to order appetizers unless you need a massive amount of food). Civilized. The main dishes were probably very simple once, and now have been gussied up a bit for the 2020s; my Strip and Rings is still a nice cut of meat, cooked properly, with onion rings, but now it comes with a bacon tomato marmalade and a nice dippings sauce for the rings. However, as I'm sure it did in the 80s, it also comes with some steamed veggies (the same ones that come with everything). My wife's salmon was nothing to write home about, but it was also a solid portion, and a decent value. I would go steak over seafood here every time, however, and the waitress instantly concurred with that when I asked her to pick between the Ahi Tuna and the strip. We started with martinis, and we flagged down the waitstaff for a second round, they immediately assumed we just wanted boxes to pack up the rest of our meals. I think it was less that they were ready to kick us out (although I don't like me much either), and more that their typical clientele doesn't have more than one martini on a Wednesday, because they are heading home early to watch Murder She Wrote reruns. And to be fair, Murder She Wrote rules. All in all, I like it."
