An Interesting Dinner

An awful dinner with great people happened last night. Here's the story

The Four enjoy trying new restaurants, especially the strange ones which our town starts. Rock River Catering is the latest one in that line-up.

We (The Four and Naomi) were all home last night, and decided it was the time to try Rock River Buffet and Catering. As soon as Philip and I walked in, we knew it was going to be an experience. The walls had woodsy paintings with birch textured paintings. The hostess, and all the waitresses, had an apron which looked like a vest. Like this:

Then we look at the prices--$11.49 for Sunday dinner. With tax, we payed $12.12 for our dinner. They made us pay before we were seated. Which I know happens at some buffets, yet it didn't help us feel that they we're trying to get our money before we ate the food.

The only food that tasted awful were the "Greek Potatoes"; they had an acidic taste which kept going and going after you finished the bite. Completely awful. Everything else was just sub-par. They had FOUR pasta and marinara/meat sauce combinations. The salad bar offered lettuce, cucumbers, and croutons. No cheese, no carrots. They offered one kind of chicken and ribs plus three kinds of fish. Since I'm not a fish fan and the chicken looked strange, I tried the ribs. They weren't awful, but it wasn't a rib night for me. There wasn't anything in the whole buffet which looked good or interesting. Plus the food was warm, not hot, just that weir d warm where it becomes even less appetizing.

We all tried each others food, so we could all say how regular it was. And then we discussed how long we thought it would be open.

We give it six months.