From: John.Emmert@f2.n373.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Emmert)
Newsgroups: hsv.general
Subject: Restaurant reviews, 2
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 20:28:08 CDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:373/2 - Gateway, Huntsville AL

In a message of <Sep 11 16:19>, Craig Presson (1:373/12) writes: 


 >1. Garibaldi's Mexican -- near Memorial & Oakwood. If you ever went to
 >the former La Fiesta, then I don't need to describe this place. It's
 >fairly big, medium-priced, the food is definitely edible, ranks behind
 >El Camino Real, though, but ahead of everything else. Decor is the
 >usual put-a-bunch-of-Mexican-tourista-goods-up-on-the-wall.
 >Margaritas were pretty decent and they have the usual Mexican beers.
 >Service was adequate, but it wasn't busy yet, either.
 >**-1/2

I was never impressed with El Camino Real, so this is definately not a 
recomendation. Of course I grew up in the southwest, so my taste in Mexican 
food probably differs a lot from everyone else.

 >2. (and now for something completely different)
 >The Donut Hole at 6210B Old Madison Pike (837-5700) -- this is an
 >aptly-named place in that it is a hole in the wall with doughnuts, but
 >it's more than that. This is a locally-owned small business, the
 >people are friendly, and their products are outstanding. In
 >particular, they make a nice variety of fresh doughnuts that are as
 >good as anyone's, and an assortment of sub sandwiches that are better.
 >They are located right next to a Subway, and are doing fine in the sub
 >trade, thank you. Their subs are *big* -- don't order the large size
 >unless you really mean it -- and very well made out of fresh
 >ingredients. I've been to 100's of sub shops (e.g., every 3rd
 >restaurant in the Boston area is a sub shop, with or without pizza),
 >and this is as good as any anywhere, and the best you can get here.
 >Free delivery to limited area.

This is one place I can highly recommend. Excellent food and service, and 
their hot dogs are as good as their subs and doughnuts.

Another excellent place in the same area is Dino's. This place is only open 
for lunch, and doesn't cook anything until you order it. My advice (and 
theirs) is to call ahead so that it is ready when you get there to pick it 
up. BTW, don't order their large hamburger unless you haven't eaten in 
days, it's truely LARGE. Their small is equivilent to most places double, 
and most of their sandwiches I've tried are more than enough for even the 
largest appetites. I highly recommend their hamburgers, italian sausage 
sandwich, steak sandwich, and their chicken breast sandwich (I forget what 
they call it, but it's marinated chicken with two different cheeses added 
on after cooking). They are located on the north east corner of the rideout 
road and old madison pike intersection, and like I said, only open for 
lunch and either call ahead or be prepared for a wait. They are getting 
rather popular from word of mouth alone, and they always have call in 
orders waiting, while drive up orders get to go park and wait. Take out 
orders only, but they are truely worth the hassle (and very friendly people 
willing to make the sandwich anyway you ask). Since I work in this 
particular area, the doughnut hole and dino's are my favorite places. They 
are much better than the usuall run of the mill fast food places, with 
better service too.
 



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