Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Hamburger Mary's--Why Not?


Didn't know what to expect as far as atmosphere here.  Is it a gay bar?  A place for transvestites?  I didn't really know.  The place was bright, fairly roomy, and full of movie posters, some of which had risque titles, some even a touch past risque.
Our appetizer plate, courtesy of Erin and Josh, was excellent as far as bar food goes.  Served hot and fresh--if you can say that about fried foods-- with several types of sauce to dip the chicken wings, tenders, fries, and fried green beans (yum!yum!) we slurped them up greedily!  The fired green beans could have served as my whole meal, I liked them that much.
The burger menu has lots of fun names for the different selections; I went for the Rockstar which was topped with smoked gouda and tasted delicious.  The burger was cooked medium - well, just as I ordered it, and still managed to be a little dry, but that was rectified by the sauce and I think it was just a marker of higher quality hamburger meat.  The fries that came with it were not hot, and totally tasteless (not worth the calories), but I tasted the sweet potato fries and they were hot and delish!
The funnest part of the evening started when we were finishing our meal -- it involved a man in an evening gown, a song, and Dirty Bingo.  But I'm not going to give away the details.  Use your imagination.  Or quench your curiosity and visit for yourself!
Mrs. Refs final score 4/5.  Why Not?  It was fun and I got to study a different culture :)

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Last month we visited my part of town,  for the first time I got home before anyone else.   Back to dinner, we visited Lorenzo's and Italian Restaurant in Belton.   We had a couple of appetizers, fried ravioli and mozarella sticks, both were very good.   I ordered the seafood ravioli, it was a large portion with big chunks of seafood and a nice seafood bisque for the sauce.   I thought the dish was tasty with plenty left over for lunch the next day.   It came with a rather pedestrian salad and some very fresh, garlic rolls.   I would definitely go back, as the food was above average and a reasonable price.   I give it 3.5/5