Big Night Out for the Monkeys!!

For our big night out the Monkeys decided to go to Floramo's.  We have been planning this for months and I think we were there for about 15 minutes.  But that's okay.  We managed to eat a lot in that small amount of time.

looks like a prison

I don't know how we came up with Floramo's, but we are all red meat lovers so it all worked out.  Even The Kid decided to forgo seafood for the night.

they don't do take out

It was raining which made parking an adventure.  Drainage is next to nonexistent in the parking lot and there were puddles that were half a foot deep.  So be careful where you park.  The building is not all that inviting from the outside.  It looks like it is a fairly busy place but we lucked out and only had to wait a few minutes for our table.

huge rack

The menu is extensive and you can get just about any combo of items you can imagine for all the indecisive.  The bread for the table was nice and fresh and came with a boat load of butter.  I don't know what they do to their fountain drinks but both Babbit and Danny...Boy thought they were significantly better than other fountain drink they have had.  But they do not give free refills.  The service was friendly but rather abrupt.  Bee Hee and The Kid got the mixed grill, Henry and I got the steak tip and rib combo, Danny...Boy got the rack of ribs and Babbit got the chicken tips.  All of them served with your choice of side and a salad.

The salads are uneventful but nothing was wilted or anything.  But they were all overdressed.  By a lot.  It was more a little lettuce with my dressing than anything else.  Maybe getting the dressing on the side is the way to go.

Babbit got onion rings for the table and they were good.

plenty of butter

overdressed

yummy

tips and ribs

rice and potato

The food came out in a reasonable amount of time.  And the portions are huge.  But you would think that a place that serves so much steak would have a way to tell which plate is cooked to which temperature.  Henry and I ordered the same thing only his was cook well done and mine medium rare.  It's a big difference.  But when he was handing out the plates and I asked which was which he had no clue and just took a close look at them and guessed.  The ribs were served at about room temperature but they were delicious and meaty and the meat did fall off the bone as advertised.  The steak tips were tender.  The chicken tips, and lamb tips were good.  The sausage was flavorful and just slightly spicy.  In fact all the main dishes were good, if not quite as hot as I would have liked them.  The side dishes however were a different story.  The mashed potatoes and rice were pretty blah and the roasted potatoes were not roasted in any way I could see and did not taste very good either.  

Danny...Boy's car in a lake

chicken tips and roasted potatoes

We were not encouraged to stick around and take our time nor were we offered dessert.  As soon as we started to slow down our waitress came over and asked who wanted boxes.  

We left full and reasonably happy with our meal.  Poor Danny...Boy got back to his car only to find that it was now in the middle of a small lake and had to swim to his car.  But other than that I think we all enjoyed the night.  Floramo's is by no means gourmet and there were a few disappointments but the prices are good and it showed enough promise that we wouldn't write it off completely.