Last night a group of friends went to Cowtown Diner in Sundance Square in Fort Worth. It's under new ownership/management and I'm not sure it's been a success yet.
We'd been there a couple of times before, under the previous owners, and the food was good but the service not so much. Tonight the food and service were both just OK. They had taken our favorite appetizer, deep fried deviled eggs (I know, it's a Texas thing but really they are fabulous!) off the menu! Fortunately they were still able to make them for us (so I have a feeling they will be adding them back to the menu soon). Good start. I had the caprese salad which is served with a tomato vinaigrette, not the traditional balsamic. I guess I'm old school, because I don't think it did much for the salad. Among the other starters at the table, the spinach-artichoke dip and crab cakes were hits, but the broccoli soup was not.
For entree I had the rib eye. It was cooked perfectly, but on the small size (no way that was a 12 oz. steak). Side items were mashed potatoes (super smooth - like Betty Crocker potato buds smooth) and green beans that were overcooked. Mike's flat iron steak was very good; he got the same potatoes & green beans sides. For dessert, I had sopapilla cheesecake which was good but honestly, the one I make at home with crescent rolls and cream cheese is better.
The last two times we've been here, it has been very busy. Tonight, a Saturday night in the 80's, it was half empty. But even so, there appeared to be only two servers for the entire place, which meant that our server Megan was forever behind. She had a good attitude and really tried, but I think she was just overwhelmed. One more server on the floor would have made a huge difference.
After dinner we all (10 of us) piled into two horse-drawn carriages for a spin around downtown Ft. Worth. I've never done that before and it was really a lot of fun. The driver points out the sights like the Bass Performance Hall, and the people-watching is great! Then we walked over to The Cupcakery for a little sweet something to finish off the evening. Now that place was busy! A lot of people there and at the chocolate shop next door had the same idea as we had!
Overall a very nice evening with good friends, and a restaurant 3 out of 5.
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