We had a newbie join our team, so we took her out for a first day lunch last Monday. After we all voted against the Boathouse, we ended up at the next worst thing next door, the Great American Pub.

I didn’t want to traumatize the new girl by taking photos of everybody’s food, so I just stuck with mine. I got the chicken corn chowder, which was a special of the day. It wasn’t very chowdery. It was more like cream of chicken soup with some chicken and a very few pieces of corn thrown in. Not horrible, but really, it was kind of a misnomer.
I got the gulf coast salad, which had lettuce, croutons, bacon, and tomatoes, tossed with a combo of thousand island and caesar dressings. This was alright, nothing spectacular, but a safe choice. It was basically a bacon salad with some veggies thrown in. I’m not sure which I like less, the Boathouse or this place. Honestly, I think it’s a tossup.

I met A for lunch the other day and we decided to go for burgers at Ruby’s Diner. It’s one of those throwback 40′s style diner spots, with burgers and fries, fountain drinks, shakes, etc. The servers wear cheesy little red and white outfits with funny hats. Everything is in red and white and at the one in K of P, there’s a miniature train set that rolls around and a big motorcycle in the middle of the restaurant. Totally strange, I know.

I got a bacon cheeseburger with fries. All burgers come with lettuce, tomato, and ruby’s sauce. Ruby’s sauce is mayo with thousand island dressing… I asked for it on the side, as I am a simple ketchup girl. Their burgers are big and flat. The meat is a thin patty. A kept saying their burgers were flat and I was confused by what she meant, but when I got my burger, I totally understood. The bun is big, sesame seeded, and lightly toasted. The fries are plain and shoestringed, a la McDonald’s, and really, I dug these a lot. They were crisp and not greasy at all, just the way I like them. All in all, a good burger! Even though it’s a thin burger, it’s big (or wide at least) and greasy. Even with the paper it comes wrapped in, you’ll be using tons of napkins and stuff will be falling all out of it. It was actually such a big burger, I didn’t quite finish it, and that rarely happens!

I ended up at the Boathouse again for a post-work thing. Why do they always pick the Boathouse? I know there aren’t many options in Conshy, but why? Why?

Shockingly, I actually liked my food this time. I got the fish and chips, and while the chips were blah, the fish was actually great! It was a good sized filet of tilapia encrusted with panko breadcrumbs and fried. It was surprisingly good. I also had a Rising Moon beer which is made by the folks at Blue Moon. Also surprisingly good, smooth, and almost too easy to drink. It’s a good thing I didn’t stay very long or I could have drank way too many of these.