#66-71 Restaurants

Cafe Capri- small, nice atmosphere. Delicious Italian food.

Newk's- sandwiches with amazing bread!

Fuego- good fast food-esqe Mexican

Burger House- best burgers!

Casa Rodriquez- had their fried and chicken stuffed avacado:)

Koppe Bridge- greasy burger:/

#65: Ninfa's Mexican Restaurant

Had their ranchero chicken soft tacos which came with rice and beans. Very good:)

I always eat far too much at Mexican restaurants. Eating the chips, salsa, and queso becomes almost nonstop. At Italian restaurants I can usually resist eating too many breadsticks before my pasta comes out, but at Mexican places I just indulge! And then I can usually finish off my plate. Perhaps I just need to work on not eating my entire meal, so then I'd get two meals for one: 1) The chips, salsa, and queso plus half my ordered meal, then the next day 2) the rest of my ordered meal. But to do that means I have to work even harder at portion control and eating slower, and some days I just fail at that.

#64: The Grill at the Pavilion

One of the dining places on campus that I've never been to (there are lots; I just rarely buy food on campus). I had a delicious hamburger w/ an onion ring and A1 sauce on it. My friend got a different burger and ordered sweet potato fries as well, which of course by law I had to taste a few of them:) I've only had sweet potato fries once before and these were very tasty:)

#63: Frittella

It's this small casual Italian restaurant. Tried their chicken fettuccine alfredo: very tasty! Came with lots of sauce and rolls. The rolls were hard on the outside, but soft and delicious on the inside- the best kind of rolls:)

#62: Longhorn Tavern Steak House

Had the chicken fried steak and it was probably the best I've ever had. BUT I didn't like that it didn't come with mashed potatoes. It comes with the option of a baked potato or french fries. I don't particularly like baked potatoes, so I got the french fries. Unfortunately they were not good... at all. Soggy and bleh. If I go again, maybe the baked potato will redeem them even though I think it should be against the law to serve chicken fried steak without mashed potatoes. It's just wrong!

#61: Layne's

On my friend's birthday (or technically birthday party day haha), I treated her to lunch at Layne's which is THE chicken strip restaurant of College Station. The fact that it has taken me 3 years to finally eat there is probably unbelievable to most Aggies. And the fact that I tried Caine's first; a shame. Teasha had the standard chicken strips, toast, fries, and potato salad. I had the club sandwich which is four chicken strips on toast haha. But it was all very tasty; plus, the atmosphere is great. The small building is covered in memorabilia and comics and commentary on the restaurant. I will definitely have to go again :)

#60: Fat Burger

For an early lunch, Leanna and I finally tasted Fat Burger. We've been wanting to for a long time and finally did. I really enjoyed my burger and curly fries and can't wait to try out some more of their menu :)

Their website where you can see their menu options: http://www.fatburgerbcs.com/

#59: Hullabaloo Diner

I haven't been to any new places in a while, but for my birthday I went to the Hullabaloo Diner :) It was delicious and I'll definitely go again!


You can check it out here: http://www.hullabaloodiner.com/

#58: Kettle

hmm... IHOP is better :)  More options and better food.

I got a turkey club sandwich that was really good, but my fries were drooping. :(

My fried okra was freshly fried and good. I wish that I got gravy with them...

My pancakes were good... but not as good as IHOP's and I didn't have my boysenberry syrup. I put some orange jam on them that was pretty good. Reminded me of orange rolls...

Eh probably wouldn't go back if I was to choose.

Begining with Fifty-Seven

Here are the restaurants I've already been to (in my two year's of living in this area) before I came up with the idea to visit all the restaurants in my area:
(in alphabetical order)

Antonio's

Applebee's Ben & Jerry's

Blue Baker Boston's

Buffalo Wild Wings

Casa Ole

Cheddar's

Chickfila

Chili's

Coldstone

Cotton Patch Denny's

Domino's Fazoli's Fish Daddy's

Free Birds

Gumby's

Haiku Happy Yogurt

Hebert's Cajan Food

IHOP Jamba Juice

Jin's Asian Cafe Long John Silver's

McAlister's

McDonald's

Must Be Heaven

Old Time Soda Shop

Olive Garden

On The Border

Panda Express

Papa John's

Papa Perez

Pei Wei Asian Diner Pie R Squared (on campus)

Pita Pit

Pizza Hut

Potbelly Sandwich Shop

Raising Cane's

Rosa's Cafe Sbisa (on campus)

Schlotzsky's

Shake's

Sodolak's

Sonic

Souper Salad Spoons

Starbucks

Subway

Taco Bell

Taco Cabana

Taste of China

Texas Roadhouse

TGI Friday's

Whataburger

Wings N More

According to the online Yellow Pages there are 545 restaurants near my area. So far I've been to 57 :)

Let's Do It!

In the past 2 years I've used this blog as just an archive of my favorite quotes, but as of now I have THREE goals I want to accomplish this semester (and perhaps continue to do- but I'm starting with a semester) and I think a good way to stay motivated is to record how I'm doing :)

ONE: Restaurants

I have this idea that instead of visiting the same restaurants over and over again, I want to eat at all the restaurants in my area at least once. The fast food joints, the chain restaurants, and the hole in the wall's. I'll keep track of the places I've visited and perhaps give a review of whether I'd consider going back.

TWO: Cooking

My roommate and I have decided that starting once a week we will prepare a legit meal. Both of us do not have much practice in the art of cooking, so it should be an adventure :) We'll decide on the recipe for the week, buy the ingredients, and prepare the meal. I'll keep progress of how it goes concerning our cooking skills and the recipes we use.

THREE: Walking

My roommate and I are not the athletic types, but feel we want to be active in some way to keep ourselves healthy. We have decided to walk at least 3 times a week (start with small goals). This might move up to more times in the week, we might alternate between walking in the morning and walking at night, or we might move up to jogging or biking. We'll just try to keep it up and see where time takes us :) . This semester I'll be taking a swimming and a scuba diving advanced rescue course, and I walk/bike to all my classes already, but adding an additional time of day for exercise I think will be a good thing.

Wish me luck! :)