History and Culture by Bicycle: Search for the Best Loose Meat

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Search for the Best Loose Meat - Bob Roe's Point After

Established in 1982 and in its current location since 1991 Bob Roe's Point After has attracted such patrons as Woody Harrelson, Terry Bradshaw, and President Barrack Obama. It is a very nice, friendly and clean sports bar and restaurant with traditional American food. Bob Roe's has plenty of dining room space with tables and booths and they offer carry out.

One of the items they serve on the lunch menu is tavern sandwiches. The day these were taste tested Bob Roe's had a special of a cheese tavern with potato salad. The normal tavern sandwiches come with chips as a meal. What was ordered was the cheese tavern and potato salad special and one extra single tavern with no cheese and without the chips. What was provided was the cheese tavern special and the regular tavern meal with chips. The waitress did never explained if just a single tavern sandwich with no chips could be ordered at a lower price. She just assumed both meals were being ordered despite how the order was placed.

Right away it was noticed there is way too much moisture in the meat. This affected both the flavor and the texture. If there were spices blended in it was impossible to tell because of the amount of liquid beef fat or grease that leaked out of the meat. the moisture also soaked into the bun so much it was difficult to eat because the bun turned to mush from so much moisture. The bun heal literally started falling apart as the sandwiches were being consumed. With the amount of moisture in the meat there was confusion no the tongue and at one point it seemed like a hamburger patty was being consumed, not a loose meat sandwich. The pickles came on the side and were not crunchy at all. Pickles are supposed to be a bit cold and crunchy when bitten into even on a warm sandwich. A fork, not a spoon was provided to help eat the loose meat that fell out of the bun. A spoon should not have to be asked for when a loose meat sandwich is served in a professional restaurant. The taverns were way over priced for what they really are.

The dinner ware had a bit to be desired too. The drink cups were plastic and disposable and the plates were styrofoam, not ceramic or a non-disposable hard material. Bob Roe's is not a fast food restaurant like McDonald s or Burger King. It is a lot nicer and looks a lot more professional than a place where food is ordered and the containers it comes in are as disposable as possible.

With a total score of 75 points I will not have the tavern sandwiches again and might return for something else.