Posting about Lula’s Cafe reminded me of this since they have similar food. Since my 1st post about Froghead Grill a couple years ago we’ve been back quite a few times. Good food and a nice variety–what’s not to like, right? Well, let me throw some caveats out there:
- The excellent calamari appetizer is dead. Deceased. Done for. Not on the menu anymore. Quite a shame, that.
- Speaking of items coming off the menu, they like to rotate items on and off the menu. As far as I can tell it’s not for reasons like seasonal ingredients or anything. Point is, don’t get too attached to anything as it might not be on the menu next time you go. Assuming their online menu is kept up to date, I’d check it before heading out.
- Service is slow and scatterbrained. If you’re getting food to go, be prepared to wait a long time unless you get there super early to beat the dinner rush. Then make sure you double-check your order because if they forget anything and you call them up they’ll offer to have the missing item(s) ready for you to come pick up yourself before begrudgingly also offering you a free dessert after you complain about leaving your hot food at home to pick up the item(s) they forgot.
Despite all that, I must say that if you’re dining in and have no particular attachment to any dish on their menu and you’re not in a rush, they do a good job with their food. I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad meal there food-wise, so it’s still a good place to eat if you’re in Clinton.
Lula's Cafe
Working through some backlog items here. What can I say? I’m a prolific eater but not a prolific blogger. We had lunch at Lula’s Cafe a while back when they were just getting started. Lula’s Cafe is a Southern food restaurant in Clinton. They serve breakfast and lunch on weekdays (they weren’t open on weekends when we went, but call them to find out for sure). They’re a soup/salad/sandwich kind of place with a sprinkling of Southern dishes and a daily plate special.
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Delicious ribs
We interrupt the D.C. travelogue for this breaking news story: barbecue pork ribs are delicious. I repeat: barbecue pork ribs are delicious.
With the economy being what it is and since we had a couple slabs of pork ribs in the deep freeze, I decided it was as good a time as any to barbecue some ribs. We already had the meat so we didn’t have to spend money on that, and the results go a long way if you don’t pig out (heh) on the ribs. » Continue Reading…
Primos
After a hard morning of sitting around in an air-conditioned building watching people ride horses, and a few sweltering hot minutes outside watching more people ride more horses, Primos Café was calling our name.
Primos is a sandwich and blue plate special type of joint, with Southern-ish cuisine. For example, I got the Biloxi Press (shrimp po-boy) and Denise got the Catfish Po-boy, both with potato salad on the side. Solid, mostly simple food, and well executed. When I ask for a po-boy, don’t gussy it up too much, ya know? Primos does it right. For non-Southerners, a po-boy is a “sub” type of sandwich. » Continue Reading…
On the way home from work yesterday I saw a sign on High Street for the National Appaloosa Horse Show going on right now. So this morning we went to the Coliseum to watch some horses. In particular what we were there for was a competition called “cutting”. In case you’ve never been to one (like me before this morning), “cutting” is a competition where you start with a herd of cows, separate one from the rest, and maneuver your horse to stay between it and the herd. [Or as Denise explained it to Sofia: the horse chooses a cow to be his friend and play together, although some cows take a lot of convincing.] Rider and horse both have to have quick response times and the horse has to be really agile. I didn’t do the best job of capturing it in photos, but these horses can really crouch down and dig in to change directions on a dime to stay between the chosen cow and the herd. » Continue Reading…
