Services off of the I-77 Toll road in
West Virginia are relatively limited. Invariably, we end up stopping for lunch…our
big break in the 10.5 hour day…in Beckley WV.
We’ve eaten at most of the restaurants right off the Interstate. Previous stops for human fuel at Beckley have
included Ruby Tuesday’s, Bob Evans, Applebee’s and Hooters. We decided to try a different restaurant on
our Thanksgiving trek north.
This is the Texas Steakhouse and Saloon. This is one of 19 Texas Steakhouse
restaurants in this regional chain…and none of their locations are in
Texas. All of these restaurants are
located in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
The interior of the restaurant seemed a
little drab and worn…although it was nice and clean. The bar was unoccupied in the early afternoon…but
keep in mind that it was the day before Thanksgiving.
Here’s a look at part of the dining
area. It’s pretty basic. However, the service was friendly and the
waitress steered Laurie away from a menu choice which had not been well received
by recent customers…
We hadn’t had any breakfast so we both
opted for a dinner entrée for our late lunch.
The waitress started us out with these 4 nice warm rolls and soft
butter. (One of the worst sins that a restaurant can commit is to serve warm
bread or rolls with rock hard butter!)
Have you noticed the latest trends? Fewer and fewer restaurants are automatically
serving bread with their meals. Also, you
almost always have to ask for water with your meal. I’m sure that it’s all about holding costs
down and improving margins in this tough economy...which I’m afraid will get
even tougher!
Not the best photo…somehow we picked up a
shadow. This was Laurie’s entree. She had the Texas Chopped Steak. ($9.49) It
consisted of 10 oz. of fresh ground mesquite-grilled steak with sautéed mushrooms,
onions and melted cheese with mashed potatoes and gravy. Other than the fact that at least for our
taste the chopped steak was overcooked, though Laurie enjoyed her chopped steak with
the different flavors and textures provided by the toppings.
The menu included 2 soups and chili, a
number of dinner salads, crab cakes, Tilapia, shrimp, burgers and other
sandwiches, Texas classics, (which is the part of the menu our dinners were
listed under), and of course steaks. Burgers
and sandwiches ranged in price from $7.49 to $9.49 without fries or any side
items. The most expensive item on the
menu was the 15 oz. hand-cut ribeye steak at $20.99 with 2 sides. The sides seemed more southern than Texan to
me…given choices like Mac n’ Cheese and Sweet Potato with Cinnamon Sugar and
Butter with toasted marshmallows.
I ordered the Chicken Fried Chicken. ($9.49)
I guess that those pieces of chicken can be described as chicken fingers…although
where the heck chicken fingers come from is a mystery to me! What happened to bone-in fried chicken or even
a boneless chicken breast? In any case,
my dinner was tasty enough with lots of gravy and mashed potatoes. (Of course,
I sprinkled a bit of Tabasco on my chicken!)
The food was decent and the prices were
OK too. While we wouldn’t list the Texas
Steakhouse and Saloon as one of our favorites, it does provide a decent helping
of comfort food to fuel its customers.
The Berkley WV Texas Steakhouse is located at 140 Harper Park
Drive. Phone: 304-253-1436. The Company website can be found at: www.texassteakhouse.com.
Just click on any photo to enlarge it…
Thanks for stopping by for a visit!
Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
I wish we had a Steakhouse here in Sicily too. In Rome there are several but here in Trapani, not one! Your food pictures always make me nostalgic for American food. Remember the Automat Dave? In the 60s we used to go downtown to Manhattan and eat at the Automat...macaroni and cheese for 25Cents!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI hear you when you say that Ohio is far away. When our daughter and son-in-law were doing their internships at Ohio State University Medical Center we drove there several times a year. The last two times I had to do the driving and I avoided Cincinnati and that big bridge (after having taking the wrong exit twice.) Now they live in Brentwood, TN, so it’s a lot better. But my sister-in-law still lives in Columbus. Next time I’ll try an alternate route. Finding decent food on the great highways is not easy.
ReplyDeleteDavid I love these bread with butter, awesome, this is perfect for breakfast!:)
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