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The Forking Truth is that Eating Out at Some Places is like getting Clubbed in the Knees

My first visit to this restaurant located somewhere in Metro Phoenix Arizona was ok….It sure wasn’t five star food but ok food at a fair price. On my second and third visits I wasn’t so thrilled with what I had and I haven’t been back in a long time …actually a few years………I recently heard that this restaurant had a new menu and had hopes to find something tasty. The new menu wasn’t on-line for me to check out but since this restaurant has been here a while I thought maybe they settled in and caught their stride. I’m not mentioning the name of this restaurant because It is not in my interest to bring negative attention to this establishment. It’s not my intention to bring negative attention to any restaurant……but this one serves foods (foods?) that have a level of suckiness that I think is criminal……like maybe worst than what incarcerated people get………..This place is always busy so it seems most people have a different taste than me …or maybe the beers are cheap so they don’t care about the food?

When I stepped in I noticed that they were very busy. I think every table inside and outside was full. Inside is very energetic and noisy. 

We waited a few minutes for a table. I looked at the menu and my heart sort of sank…The new menu is sort of American……slightly American Mexican and Hamburgers now. The old menu was better as they used to have a seafood section. 

We ordered and about FOURTY minutes latter our dishes arrive.

Buffalo Chicken Salad

Wow…..(small clap) this is worst than what a school cafeteria would serve……….lucky me!

This is what I think I tasted……. processed, purchased from frozen, was pre cooked… from what seemed like possibly freezer burnt and or microwaved till the chicken blew up…….breaded chicken. (I think at least Microwaved till the chicken blew up……(look at picture…blown up chicken that’s hallow now)……Then the chicken was chilled and then served to me……..and enhanced with sprinkled buffalo sauce so I wouldn’t notice the blown up processed, chilled chicken………. I received FORKING COLD pre-cooked, chopped up chicken fingers that seemed like pre-made processed chicken that were Crunchy in a bad way……like blown up in the microwave oven. This sh*t is FORKING WORST than fast food and taste very salty too…..Also on the salad was cheap budget cheese and bottled (I can taste the citric acid in them) red peppers…YUK! THIS SUCKED! This wasn’t even close to being on the level of fast food…..This was lower than fast food prepared in a way on the level of the way a three year old youngster might prepare food. This is just something that I find polarizing……. I just don’t get how anyone can own a restaurant and serve food like this?

What kind of person is preparing food like this….?

It’s either someone that doesn’t know any better……

or someone that doesn’t give a flying Fork!

WhyyyyyyyWhyyyyyWhy…..Eating here was as painful as getting clubbed in the knees

My husband received the Sandwich Version of yuck. 

Buffalo Chicken Sandwich with $3.00 upgrade for Onion Rings
The cheese was melted and hard

My husband said the cheese was hard but also melted. His sandwich was made with luke warm slightly buffalo chicken fingers that seemed processed?…..but his were fresh cooked (probably manufactured from frozen) and weren’t COLD like my blown up crunchy in a bad way, salty, chilled, chopped up processed tasting breaded chicken. He said the sandwich was also on a cheap tasting bun.

The Onion Rings were good. They tasted fresh made and not processed like everything else. Or the onion rings seemed so much better than the chicken I thought they were fresh made……

Sometimes eating out is like getting clubbed in the knees and is NOT Worth a Fork!

NOT WORTH A FORK! Wild horses can’t even drag me back!

Everything is subject to change……maybe it will and maybe it won’t…..Your experience may or may not differ.

The Forking Truth

1st Taste at The Social on 83rd Restaurant at P83 in Peoria – Worth a Fork!

The Social on 83rd Restaurant and Bar recently opened in P83 section of Peoria Arizona (former location of Slick’s Garage). This area is also known as part of the Upper West Side. The Social on 83rd offers a full bar and an intriguing Modern American Global Menu with reasonable pricing. The atmosphere is clean and modern and maybe sort of lounge-like with a mix of all sorts of tables and booths.

The bench was very comfortable

Seating is available indoors and also outdoors. They offer an indoor-outdoor bar and a two level patio for dining or libations.

We shared two appetizers and a salad. The appetizers were reasonably priced and were larger than we expected them to be. We shared the Bao Buns that were filled with 24 hour short rib. The Buns were topped with pickled vegetables and came with a side of mandu sauce. ($8.50 – subject to change)

The menu reads Bun so we only expected one bun and not two. Inside the fluffy steamed bun was a generous amount of short rib that was compacted into a meatball sized ball. The meat was tender and the fat was cooked out. All together with the pickled vegetables and mandu sauce it was delicious!

The Mac ‘N’ Cheese Balls had a thin crisp exterior and creamy cheesy pasta inside that was prepared to perfection. ($7.50 subject to change)

Mac ‘N’ Cheese Balls seemed free of oil and were flavorful. They rested on top of a little lemon herb aioli.

How often to you come across a Jerk Chicken Caesar Salad made with iceberg, peppered pecorino and mango caesar dressing? ($9.50 subject to change)

The first thing I tasted was a crouton. It was buttery with a tender crunch. The Jerk Chicken was not spicy hot but very flavorful with allspice and other flavors. All together it was a delicious interesting salad.

That was my First Taste at Social on 83rd.

Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Can’t wait for my second taste!

www.TheSocialAZ.com

Everything is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.

The Forking Truth