It is not always going to be positive (Genghis)

 Seriously, I did not start doing this to rip restaurants and say negative things about places.

I started this up because I like food (obviously) and I eat out a a lot (obviously) and I love to write, so I thought this may work out.

I know that restaurants are struggling with finding people that want to work right now but I just hate that excuse. It seems like everywhere has raised prices, but yet the food and service is not as good as it was. If you raise prices (like you have) everything has to be better.

So that is my starting rant. 

The review I am doing today is on my Friday night experience at the Genghis Grill in Macon. We had a party of four and arrived at 7:00 p.m

Genghis was not crowded at all , which seemed odd for a Friday night, and we chose our seats and were greeted fairly fast. That is where the problem began. One of the people in the group (I will call her Sally just for the hell of it) asked for a glass of wine and they did not have what she asked for. She asked for another type and they did not have that either. The she asked for anything white and they were able to find a glass of white wine, although it wasn't what she wanted. They also did not have un-sweet tea.

I find this already 100 percent totally unacceptable when they have a Publix and a liquor store right next door. How do you go into a Friday night with barely no white wine at all and no un-sweet tea.

At this point in time we were kind of looking at each other and laughing but we decided to move on . Genghis is a place where you buy a bowl and then you fill it up with different types of meet and vegetables, and you also have options of what to flavor it with. I feel like its a pretty cool way to eat myself, because if you like tons of meat and a few vegetables you can do that, or if you are like my wife it is mostly vegetable with a bit of steak.

So we all four get up to the line and me and the other guy (I will call him Clarence)are looking at the meats and we realize that they have no steak on the line. Whattttt ?? Clarence asked them about it and I guess it was the manager that took the empty bowl and left to get more steak. So , we are sitting there waiting for our main meat and four or five people came to the line and we kind of had to stand there waiting. But guess what , who doesn't want steak at a place like this.

How can you not have steak ?  I guess the same way you can't have un-sweet tea or basic wine.

So we all waited about 10 minutes for steak to appear and we went on our merry way and got our food cooked and the meal was okay. Remember, I said Okay, nothing great about it. I was very careful as was my wife, not to put anything spicy on the food, but the food still came cooked as spicy. But it was edible.

So Sally decided to ask for another glass of wine and my wife decided she would like one too. "I am sorry we are all out of white wine. You got the last glass. Whatttttt???

UNACCEPTABLE on a Friday night at a bar and grill not to have white wine. I have watched enough episodes of Bar Rescue to know that.

So lets talk about price. The large bowl runs right at 20 dollars, and all four of us agreed that this is over-priced . The problem is nobody would complain about the prices if the service and food was excellent. I mean this is a Mongolian Barbecue type of place, probably the only one in Macon  and they should be killing it. Instead it is probably struggling to stay open. They have the concept to be successful. 

I will say that the service was adequate and the young lady tried to make things work. But she was in a no-win situation.

So, Genghis< get serious here and have un-swweet tea and have white wine and have steak on the bar all the time and I will come back and visit. Until then it is a big fat no

My Review of Shanes Rib Shack number 3 in a stack of thousands

 I am thinking that I do things that nobody else does, such as changing my mind 12 times before we actually stop to eat.

I am blaming that on my current job status, which is , well none.

Yes it is true for the first time in 40 years that I am unemployed.

Oh now do not feel sorry for me because it is basically my choice right now , and I am sure it will end quite soon. 

I for sure needed a break and I got it and now I am ready to go.

One of the things I enjoy so much is writing. It relaxes me  and allows me to be creative. Sometimes it is really good and sometimes it is just writing. So I have no guarantees. I will try and give an honest assessment and I will hope you smile a few times also.

So on to the review of Shanes Rib Shack. 

We went for a ride yesterday and we were in one of those undecided of what we wanted for dinner. I could change that because Debbie would say that's fine to just about anywhere. It's John that sometimes has issues with where we eat.  I won't even say how many times we stopped before we actually went in  to somewhere.Maybe it's just my age catching up to me or maybe (probably) it could be that  Covid has numbed my palate a bit.

So we drive for 20 minutes and end up at Shanes and I must admit, I was somewhat impressed. 

As soon as we walked in we were greeted with a smile from a young woman , who quickly took our order. In ten minutes our food was brought to us with a smile (which is obviously nice) and even though she wasn't a true waitress because she handled the cash register and orders also, she checked on us throughout the meal. 

I always start off with the sweet tea, and I will give this a perfect score on the Cordova growing up tea list. I mean how important is quality sweet tea to a meal. I rate it as really important.

The food however is more important and that is where Shanes hit a homer. The ribs and chicken and pulled pork all came out hot and steamy and full of flavor, while the fried okra and baked beans were almost cooked to perfection. The baked beans weren't just opening a can and eating them like I grew up eating, these things were seasoned.

I am confident that everyone would be pleased with this barbecue place and Shanes could be threatening several other barbecue place for the best in Macon. 

Okay so the few non perfect things

We did get toasted bread with the meal and although it was toasted, it didn't have anything on it. We looked for the butter or the garlic and we could not find it. I don't know why they would toast it if they weren't going to put anything on it. Southern people want butter on the bread. Am I right ? I mean Waffle House butters the toast don't they ?

The only other thing was the fries were a little salty. Now if this writer says they were salty, you know they were salty, because I have been known to put salt on everything, including ice cream. Debbie could not believe I said something about something being salty.

I was also impressed that a manager walked through and asked if everything was okay. I think that is needed in these times. 

Please feel free to share and help me build this into something and lets all have a great weekend.

Its number two with my review of Glory Days

Okay I must admit that I decided to go with my second review out of convenience.

I had a buy one get one free coupon too.

So that is how I ended up at Glory Days on Tuesday afternoon and I would have to give it very positive remarks.

So I picked up my wife from her job at 11:45 AM and she had to be back at 1:00 PM. That didn't leave a whole lot of time but it ended up being plenty.

We both ordered sweet tea to drink and when I am looking for quality sweet tea, that means not tootie fruity sweet but one that tastes what my childhood tea at the Cordova residence tasted like. A hint of sweet is great but I don't want to drink sugar water.

Give Glory Days a solid B with the tea.

We ordered the pretzel bites as the appetizer and they were excellent although I thought 10.50 was a lot for pretzel bites. I tend to think everything is a bit over priced these days, but they were good and enough for two people.

Debbie (that's my wife of forever) had the sirloin which came with a salad and fully loaded mashed potatoes and I had the meatloaf with a salad (no jokes about me eating salad)and mashed potatoes.

The highlights of the meal were the fully loaded mashed potatoes and the salad which was crisp and clean tasting and not bad for lettuce. The potatoes had bacon bits ,butter chives and were very good. 

Middle of the pack

The steak was cooked very well, a perfect medium but didn't really have any seasoning on it, but for 17 bucks not a terrible deal . Overall we were pleased by it. I would have liked it to stand out a bit more, but it was decent

The disappointment.

I did not care at all for the meatloaf. It was like a barbecue tasting meatloaf with a lot of pepper on it. Now  I am not saying it was terrible but we both estimated the two small, thin pieces to be about four ounces of meat. When my plate came out and remember my other side was my salad, my plate came out with about two ounces of mashed potatoes and the two thin pieces of meatloaf and that left over half of my plate empty. 

 I was pleased by the excellent service we had and also that the manager came by to see how everything was. That was a nice touch although I didn't tell him the small issues.

Glory Days is a good place to have a good meal especially when a sporting event is on and although it was a bit expensive, I feel like that will pretty much be the story as I review more restaurants. 

I would rate everything as pretty damn good and I would urge you to visit. I would ask for Nikki because she was a great waitress who even laughed at my stupid jokes.

I also welcome questions and comments about what I am writing and I welcome questions about the great car dealerships of Macon lol. 

Restaurant Review time featuring the Grey Goose Players Club

 So I am tired of writing about sports and it takes too much time to accurately write about local sports when you have to actually see local sports.

So since I don't see much I figured I would write about local restaurants because I do eat out a lot.

I will write about everywhere from fine dining to fast food. I will tell you about the food and the service and anything else you need to know about.

I will always be honest to my readers, and we will see if these places catch on or if this blog catches on. 

The first place that gets reviewed is the Grey Goose Players Club on Forsyth Rd.

I am definitely not a regular here but Friday I had a friend that wanted to try it, so we went.

It was a Friday around 1:00 pm and the Goose was crowded but not so crowded that you couldn't find a seat. The crowd was mostly seniors, with a few others scattered in . They also had a few families. 

Now the Goose does have a bar area and then tables in a dining area and its is old timey comfortable. 

When we arrived we ordered a sweet tea and the grouper bites as the appetizer. The sweet tea was perfect, not too sweet but not too flat. I had not seen this friend for awhile so we were just talking away , but we finally realized that our appetizer had not been brought to us and we had been there for 25 minutes. We both said okay they are busy and they are obviously having the same shortages as anyone else. 

Finally the grouper bites came out and they we perfect. I am very picky and if I say something is perfect, well that is a big compliment. It was enough for two people that had a meal coming for sure.

So the problem is, we waited for our main dish for another 30 minutes. I am not lying about the times. I tend to keep track. However, once again our fish and shrimp and shrimp and oysters, along with fries came out almost perfect. I mean it was just very very good. The cole slaw sucked but everything else was great.

So I bragged about this place to my wife and I wanted to go back to see if a Saturday crowd would maybe speed up the service. 

Unfortunately it did not. 

After getting our tea, we ordered two appetizers and waited 45 minutes before we saw them. To make things worse, mine was supposed to be hot and it was cold. So they took it back and I waited another 20 minutes. Let me mention now that the restaurant was not the least bit crowded.

We figured after this wait that our main course would be out soon.

Unfortunately again , it was not. I kid you not when I say we waited another 40 minutes for our food to come out. 

My fried oysters were undercooked and my wife's  French dip sandwich came out as something that looked much like a sandwich that you get at a convenience store. It was very disappointing.

The Grey Goose delivered great food the first day and mediocre food the second day. The corn chowder was very tasty but that was the highlight of the second day.

So here are my grades and since Ko does know sports he will rate by sports terms

Service- A huge fumble on the goal line when a touchdown wins the game

Food Quality- It would be like a kid who can only shoot three pointers. If he is on he is going to have a great game, but if he misses his first two he will probably struggle.

Time Frames- It would be like a football game that has four lightening delays. You will wait for the game all night long.

Prices- A two run inning in baseball, good job but we could have done better,

Any other questions please feel free to ask.

If you want me to review your restaurant let me know

if you want to know anything about car dealerships, just let me know and I will be honest as honest can be, I mean I don't work at one anymore lol

The only thing you will need to read about UGA-Alabama

 If I am going to start blogging again, could I possibly have a better subject to do It on ?

Can UGA find a way to beat Alabama ?

Well my immediate answer is yes they can , but really can they ?

Kirby has not figured this puzzle out but just because he hasn't done it yet does not mean he won't on Monday night.

Here are my five key questions to the Dawgs finding a way to beat Alabama.

Can Stetson Bennett get it done against Alabama ?

I hear this all the time and it really baffles me that it is even in question. Stetson Bennett has beaten everyone else he has played in college so why can he not beat Alabama. Of course he can beat Alabama but it will take a team effort and everyone has to play well. 

Did folks ask if Payton Manning could beat Tom Brady ? Could Jake Fromm beat Alabama ? I really don't remember those being questions at the time. 

We are talking about a true walk on trying to beat the best team in football. It is far fetched but you have to believe that Monken and Smart know a little bit more than the average fan.

Now what if Georgia is behind 14-3 at the half ? What happens then ? From watching Stetson all year, he makes mistakes when he tries to do too much and that is what gets him in trouble. If we get behind, I fully expect JT Daniels to get a chance. 

Lets remember, we have two great quarterbacks.

Will Alabama score 40 points .

136 points in 14 games with 41 of those coming against Alabama. Is Alabama that good or did they just figure UGA out that day ?

Well it was basically the Perfect Storm with Bama having a QB and two receivers that could explode the UGA secondary. 

However the question is can they do it again ? 

My answer to that is no they can't. 

Alabama will try to but one of this big time receivers won't be playing in this game . They will try to run the football against UGA, but nobody has been able to do that. They will have success throwing the football again, but UGA will be ready for it . 

I am fully expecting a game in the 20s and would be shocked if the UGA defense does not show up in a big way.

I have a million other things to talk about but I am going to leave it at this . Here is hoping that I will not have to listen to Roll Tide for the next year. I fully believe this is the year to shut Bama fans down but Saban is the best.

Kirby to be the man you gotta beat the man.

UGA 26 BAMA 21