Average Food, but Very Good Angry Orchard Hard Cider on Draft

I like to eat here even though I only gave it an average rating. It is good, but with a tiny bit of work, it could be so much more. I love their O Club and used a 20% discount coupon on our whole meal which, unfortunately, only saved us $6.08. But, hey, the tip was free. Joe, our server, was so-so. He wasn't bad, but then he wasn't outstanding either and that is the problem with this whole restaurant. It is so very average. One really good new thing is that they have my favorite beer which isn't really a beer, Angry Orchard Hard Cider, on draft. I have a gluten problem and Angry Orchard is gluten free. I had an ice cold, tall, draft Angry Orchard while I was there which raised an average rating to a good rating. We had an appetizer of the fried jack cheese. The triangles stuffed with not too spicy jack cheeses were good, but once again, nothing outstanding. The sauce for dipping was lack-luster. It wasn't marinara sauce and it wasn't salsa. We are not sure quite what it was. It was just OK. My husband got the Chicken Pot Pie and the Coleslaw since it was so cold outside and he said it was good, but nothing spectacular. I got the Fish and (Sweet Potato) Chips and neither of them was very good, I would say just average. They used to have huge pieces of plate-filling fish, but these were three smaller pieces of fish. I didn't ask, but it could have been Cod. Altogether, it was a nice hot meal for a frigid cold evening, but it was nothing to write home about.

La Caretta, Timberlake Road, Lynchburg, VA: Love Their New Restaurant on Timberlake Road

La Caretta has been around for quite a while and has several outlets in town. The newest location is in the refurbished Chop House location on Timberlake Road. I never liked the old Timberlake location because it was always so packed you could hardly turn around and was so noisy you couldn't hear yourself think. To be honest, the new location is still packed and sometimes very noisy, but it seems that the food is so much better. The highlight is the table-side guacamole prepared fresh to your specifications. It is incredible. I first encountered table-side guacamole at the Azteca in Charlottesville, VA. My new diet allows lots of avocados and this stuff is addicting. The chips seem heartier, warmer and more inviting. The salsa is good and not too hot for me and my American taste buds. You can ask for hotter, hot sauce. They don't have the incredible Margarita specials that Mi Patron has every Thursday and Saturday. Every time I have been at the new La Carretta, I have asked the server if they have any drink specials and they have said, sorry, NO. Our server last night got a mark off for leaving the salt on our "REGULAR MARGARITA ON THE ROCKS, NO SALT" order for our drinks. We say this so much here and at various other Mexican restaurants that we are a bit spoiled. The big chunks of salt are annoying and bad for your blood pressure too. The paltry 12 (?) ounces had too much ice and not enough Margarita especially compared with the amazing 22 ounce Margaritas at Mi Patron. The food was excellent. I ordered the Quesadillas Texicanas which are like "Mexican with everything." You get a big plate full of Pico de Gallo, guacamole, sour cream and shredded lettuce. You also get beans and rice, then the highlight which is the quesadilla stuffed to the top with tender chicken, shrimp and beef, onions, peppers, cheese and more in a really good sauce. There was a bit too much water in the sauce this time, but it was absolutely delicious. I took over half of it home and just finished lunch. YUM! My husband had a burrito in their cheese sauce which he loves. And then the rice on the side which is more cheese over rice and he loves that too. The only thing that would make this place better would be, once again, much more room; bigger Margaritas and drink specials; and, perhaps a little more spark in the wait staff which seem to speak as little as possible.

Friday Night at Dominoes Gluten Free

This is a quick review of the Dominoes on Wards Road, Lynchburg, VA 24501 and their delivery. I order from them almost every Friday. I get their gluten free pizza and an order of their bacon, tomato and mozzarella specialty chicken. The delivery is incredibly fast and they never screw up my order. The gluten free pizza is great and I get the one covered with goodies and it isn't cheap, but it is worth it. I could eat this every night, but then I would look more like the Good Year blimp than I already do. The only bad thing is that there are no coupon deals associated with their gluten free pizza.