Out of town guests having great memories of how delightful Marie Callendars of the 1980s used to be and a hunger for Banana Cream Pie found us arriving hungry! Just so you know...It's not toilet sewage one smells in the parking lot. It's a poorly maintained grease trap which employees happily attest to being the culprit! REALLY!???? I wondered how many folks never proceed! Please.... Someone fix it! And yet voicing the plea falls on deaf ears I'm sure! It's a travesty reading reviews from customers who are so looking to experiencing great pot pies similar to or exceedingly better than the frozen ones! The age of Marie Callendars seems to have come and gone. Such a pity! It was once synonymous with Great Pies! The cases as you enter promise a great selection of pies and more! The decor of M. C. Apparently has been transformed from welcoming and fun to coffee shop tacky with 1980's tacky framed prints on the walls! The food is better at Stations Casino Cafe or nearby MiMis. Shrimp tacos were ...nothing special. Pulled pork sandwiches average akin to what one would expect wrapped in foil at a high school sports event from the concession stand... C'mon you know the type. Salmon dinner was edible, decently flavored but a surprisingly small portion for a full priced dinner which did not come with pie as the pork sandwiches did! The annual pie sale 7.99 in February will probably find me there again! It's sooo sad that M.C. Is hellbent on slumming it when there is still a market for great food and pie!!! The bright spot is as always their pies... If the stench in the parking lot doesn't turn your stomach first!
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I came to this place on a date as my date wanted something to eat and she mentioned this restaurant was in the area. I am very picky with Mexican food and I knew as soon as I walked in this was not authentic Mexican food even if it had Mexican people working there. It's you typical "Americanized" Mexican food place, I ordered the chimichanga and for the price (nearly $13) it was overpriced. I could of gone to a juliobertos or polibertos and gotten that same dish with guacamole and sour cream which the Los Olivia plate did not come with for about $9 including the drink and I would of been better off. My date had the flair as which were bland to say the least. The service was descent which is why I gave them 2 stars, the salsa was bland and their spicy salsa was a joke. I think I was the only Mexican person eating there which was a red flag.
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After moving to the north side of town, I had to find a new nail salon. This one was not only the closest one, but had decent reviews. I had to hesitation heading over. I needed a gel mani, but was looking forward to getting a pedi if time permitted (it did not). I spent an hour and a half at the salon, and my nails have never looked worse after a visit to a salon. When I walked in, I was immediately greeted and asked to pick out a gel nail color from their wall. There was a decent selection of colors in a few different brands, I was happy with them. Agreeing with another reviewer, the smell coming in was a little overwhelming, but I'm generally used to the smell of a busy nail salon. I told the gentleman doing my nails that I'd like the white french manicure in the gel polish and he immediately went to work removing the old gel from my fingernails. I was very happy with how he cleaned my nail beds, he was very precise in pushing and trimming my cuticles, I was surprised that he didn't ask if I liked my nails squared off (I do) but I was okay that they were a little rounded off. I told him I liked my white tips somewhat thick, and it wasn't until after he started polishing on the white tips that my experience went downhill. He layered on the white very thinly, I told him a total of 4 times that I like my white thicker. I told another manicurist, and she was able to tell him (apparently he didn't speak English). It took a final 10 minutes to dry my top coat (it only takes 2-3 at my old salon). In the end, my manicure came out lopsided, there were bubbles at the surface, and a small black speck in the gel on one of my nails. Upon checking out, the manager asked how things were and I told him that they weren't great, very sloppy. He told me to come back in a few days to re-do them. When I told him that I wasn't planning on coming back, he told me they could squeeze me in right then. Who has 3 hours to get a manicure?! PROS: Nice front desk staff. Decent prices ($25 for a gel mani, $5 extra for french tips). Meticulous cuticle trimming. CONS: Acetone smell more prominent than most other salons. Takes longer than other salons (1.5 hours for a gel mani). Uneven french tips, bubbles in my top coat, SLOPPY. Some manicurists don't speak English and will ignore your requests. Wasn't ever asked what I prefer (round v square, thickness of french tip, etc.) Was never offered water (something I like about other salons. Definitely will not be back, and wouldn't recommend to friends or family. :(
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Went to McKoy's this past Saturday. I can't speak to the food, since I did not get to try any even after waiting over an hour and a half. Just more concerned about the management. We arrived on what seemed to be a busy night, but they did not seem to have too many folks waiting. We asked how long the wait was for a 5 person table- the hostess (later found out manager) said "it could be 10 minutes, it could be 30- we just sat a real big group." ALL 5 of us heard the same thing. She put our name at the top of a new list on paper. What we did not know- is they just sat 90% of the restaurant as one group, and the group had many more tables arriving over the next hour. They basically had a dinner reservation for over 100 plus people in a place that might not even seat that many. We waiting over an hour, and I would admit became frustrated. The hostess, pointed out a table that was "ours" when the group left, but then it was given to more arrivals of this huge party. We finally got a bar table for 5 after pushing for it, but heard from the tables around us that they were waiting for food for over 45 minutes- and we decided to give up and eat at Bojangles nearby. While I can understand why they were in the situation with a hunder plus person group in the place- I can't understand why the management allowed us to put our name on a list in this situation or even thought anyone would be happy that night! A group as large as the entire business is coming in for a meal- you have a few options: you don't take the reservation- since you can't give them good service; you close the restaurant and open for this group only, or you at least try to control the situation more by offering the group a limited or pre-ordered menu... The staff were frustrated, and were frustrated with us, and we were frustrated with them.... but if they had just planned a bit better or told us the situation before we sat there for a long time- we could have had a good meal at another nearby eatery, and come back and enjoy this otherwie well rated Smokehouse another time. THE FOOD LOOKED and SMELLED very good! Which in many ways made it even worse to have only seen it!
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