text: We stopped into American Roadside on a Sunday night We thought it might be surprisingly crowded for a Sunday night like Taco Mac or Cowfish but the surprise was on us It was pretty dead There were just two senior couples waiting angrily inside for their order nnWe were also surprised that it was not a sitdown restaurant I was kind of looking forward to a casual sitdown meal Oh well no worries It is like The Burger Company where you order at the counter and then your food is brought out to you That is why it always shocks and disappoints me that when you order they have a tip space on the check Really I am doing all of the work and you want me to tip And that is BEFORE I even get my food I absolutely loathe restaurants that do that So my options are add a random tip on there despite whatever service I am going to get at a fast food joint or suffer the consequences of NOT leaving a tip and expecting some sort of retaliation Neither option is favorable SoI added a gratuity to the check before we even got our food We got our own drinks from the dispenser and sat ourselves Our server brought us our food and that was the last interaction we had All that for I do not know if you are supposed to bus your own tables or not but we left our garbage on the table I figured that was the least they could do since I tipped nnAnyway enough about my rant about tipping at a fast food restaurant My partner ordered the turkey burger and I ordered the Philly cheesesteak His burger did not look anything like the burgers pictured on Yelp It was small and flat I guess because it is a turkey burger instead of a beef one My Philly cheesesteak was okaysized but not as big as cheesesteaks are normally served not that I need a bigger one mind you It was good but the meat did not have a lot of flavor and there did not seem to be a lot of cheese Luckily the grilled onions and jalapenos on there helped give it a little flavor kick The sweet potato fries as a side were very good nnWe sat outside and enjoyed the mild evening weather The dining area outside is pretty nice and far enough away from the busy Fairview Road that you do not feel like you are inhaling car fumes There are lots of TVs out there too for you sports nuts The angry seniors had gotten their food and left another reason we sat outside and the only people coming in were people to sit and drink at the bar off to the side nnOne interesting thing about the sodas available in the soda fountain they have Bosco the chocolate soda It was an interesting choice I tried a little bit of it and it sure was chocolatey nnThe prices were decent enough here that we would return for a quick cheap meal over McDonalds or Burger King any day but I guess I was expecting something more like Bad Daddys Burger Bar Especially if they expect me to tip GRRR