text: My dining companion formally known as Mom and I are in Verrado every Thursday night for chiropractor night Since it is dinner time by the time we are done we decided to pop downtown for some food and wine Neither of us have dined in Verrado except for at the golf club but being familiar with the sister wine and coffee bar in Goodyear Ground Control seemed like a decent optionnnDecent was probably apt but I would not go as far to call it excellent or must try or even a really good choice We walked in and without a sign waited for someone to seat us or invite us to seat ourselves Mom finally asked a server who told us to have at We chose a table in the back that was half booth but as soon as we sat I realized the table setting consisting of some coasters and plastic holder for sugars and the salt and pepper were rather habberdash with an extra plastic holder on the other side of the table alone and empty But the table looked clean so we forged ahead A few minutes later the bartender appeared and took out drink and food order We both ordered the same wine which the bartender returned to inform us several minutes later he ran out of but would provide the other version of pinot grigio the more expensive version at the price of the one we requested This was completely reasonable and earns the bartender a star nnOur food took a little longer because Mom ordered the Shepherds pie but arrived timely enough for the halffull restaurant As soon as my Ham and Brie panini with salad was in front of me I realized I was hungrier than the cook must have estimated and asked for a side of fries The salad was a nice fresh looking mix of spinach and bright greens nearly drowned in balsamic The sandwichwas a couple pieces of ham smooshed between two sad pieces of rosemary flatwithacapitalF flatbread I peeled the mess apart to study it and found two teeny tiny pieces of brie for each half of the sandwich and two slices of soft apples on only one half I forged ahead and bit into my extremely dry bland meal I ate about threequarters of the sandwich before I gave up and went to town scraping most of the balsamic off my salad and this from a girl who loves her some bals The chef brought out my fries which were pretty good and asked how the food was Mom and I both hate to because a scene so we assured him everything was finennMom meanwhile kept fishing in her shepherds pie for veggies beyond the couple of peas I saw her scrape out Her evaluation after the meal was that the mashed potatoes were good but not lumpy as she prefers and there was a ton of ground beef but very few veggies nnBut our wine was good and the bartender gets no complaints from me nnI know Verrado is a bit out in the boonies to say the least but it would be really nice if some Cen Photype restaurant took a chance out there Ground Controls atmosphere has potential but it is still pretty generic looking maybe some local artists could contribute to the decor The food at least the ones we sampled tonight is mediocre at best The group a few tables down from us however seemed delighted with their burgers so maybe that is the way to go I am more than willing to give Ground Control another shot especially because I love supporting small business owners but it is not at the top of my list