Week 44 ... Steak Joint

This week we continued our journey in the Shops at Greenridge. We had dinner at the chain steakhouse called LongHorn Steakhouse. LongHorn is part of the Darden Group that owns and operates a ton of casual restaurants , i.e. Olive Garden.

Once again we arrived right before the crowd descended upon the restaurant. It seems that Woodruff Rd gets very busy in these chain type establishments. We were seated and perused the menu. You really have to like beef to go here but they do offer seafood and poultry. We placed our order with the waitress. In the meantime they brought a nice warm loaf of bread with butter. It's good thing we passed on the appetizers.

Becky ordered the Atlantic salmon in a bourbon marinade. Maeve settled on the 8oz Prime Rib. I had the Ribeye. All the orders came with 2 sides. We all started with salads and for sides we chose Creamed Spinach, Asparagus, and Mac&Cheese

All of our meals were good. However without bragging, I can get a better steak at the butcher and throw it on the Weber. It is delicious. But with that said  it is solid steak joint but don't expect it to be a Ruth Chris as a comparison. Good steak and Good value.

Ratings                     ( 0 to 5 stars)

Food                        3 stars

Service                    3 stars

Next Up                  Red Robin Gourmet Burgers

Week 43 .... Wood Fired Pizza

We had a full crew sans Emily for our next establishment, Brixx Wood Fired Pizza. Brixx is a chain restaurant that is fine casual dining. In other words it's fancy pizza that they get to charge a premium for. The restaurant is located in the Shops at Greenridge.

I like to go to dinner at 6pm before the crowds descend upon places like this or I am getting older. I hope it isn't the latter. By doing this we get seated straight away. After the usual greetings we order some appetizers and drinks.

We started with the Bruschetta which is one of our favorites.

For the main course, Becky ordered the Spinach Salad (no shock there). Grace had the fresh house made mozzarella sandwich. Bridget, Maeve and I split two 10" pizzas. We shared the Margherita and the Buffalo chicken pizzas.

We have no complaints about the food. It was very good. My only comment was that the pizza was piping hot. It probably was sitting out for awhile.The big issue is price related. It is pizza after all. We have had better pizza elsewhere in Greenville. However if you are looking for atmosphere and good food then Brixx is a solid choice.

Ratings         (0 to 5 stars)

Service             3 stars

Food                 3 stars

Next Up      Long Horn Steakhouse