Longhorn Saloon French Dip Review, Edison, WA

Longhorn Saloon. It's right down the road now.  Nice place.  Feels cozy and lively.  Food is good.  Has pool tables, etc.

So they have sandwiches...nice, now we're talking.

And a French dip even!

And beer!

Looks good.  Cut on bias.  No skewers.  Jus looks dark.

Medium rareness.  Nice.

Melted cheesy.

Medium rare beef looking good.

I'm liking the bias cutting and size is large.

Side salad topped with parmesan.

Dark jus.

Looks a bit bedraggled but good.

Really bedraggled.

Lots of dressing on the side.

Was a decent salad in the end.

 

French dip - 4

• Swiss makes it taste gamey - sad!  Don't get Swiss ever again?
• Good, hot jus, plentiful - nice.  5.
• Good size
• Lots of meat
  • Medium rare parts

Side Salad - 3

• Parmesan
  • Shredded
  • Plentiful
• Good
• Temperature
  • Reasonably cold
• Tomatoes
  • Diced
• Greens
  • Small pieces
• Served in small cereal bowl
• Croutons
  • Plentiful
• Size
  • Big enough
• Dressing
  • Good and plentiful
  • Not noteworthy

Conway Tavern French Dip Review, Conway, WA

It'll eat.

Jus doesn't make money shot look all that great.

Jus too clear-looking.

Toasted and melted.

Looks toasted, though.

Still sad looking.  Swiss.

Looks fairly sad.  Maybe cut it on bias at least.  No skewers. Jus looks a bit weak.

Iceberg. 2.

Like really quite a place.

Quite a place.

Not nice in here.

Another "reverse review".  Lots of FD choices.

 

Divot's French Dip, Indian Creek Golf Course, Hood River, OR

 

So was out of town with my college buddies for the weekend.  Middle of the summer.  Nice place, we had fun.  Golfed or hiked every day and had a fun, relaxing weekend.  Got to show off my new guitar skills for the first time to some of these guys.

The night before at a brewery.

We're out golfing and needed a bite.  I needed the Sudden Death French dip, it seems.  I was pressured to do it.

Their menu.  Restaurant at our golf course.

Looks good.  I got onion rings.

Good bread, nice pickle spear.

Looks like puffy bread.  Yellow skewer.

Lots of toppings happening.  Medium beef.

The money shot. Mushrooms made it nice.

Yummy dregs.

Bread 5

Meat 4

Jus 5

Non-Meat Toppings 5

Overall 5

Was real good.  

Toby's, Coupeville, WA

 

Doesn't look too big but it does look good.

The money shot looks pretty good!

Looks pretty good.  Medium rare beef is always nice to see.

Looks like rich jus.  Sandwich cut on bias.  Pickle slices on top, which is unique.  Bamboo skewers.  Mom got mussels.

Or I guess I was feeling frisky and got fries.  Rare move for me but I did it.  Fries are always good, aren't they?

Well, they have a French Dip, what am I going to do?  Order the French dip...and a side salad. :)

Decor.

Our window view.  It's an old dive bar, generally and feels a bit "sticky" inside, I'd say.

Inside of Toby's

Nice little pic from Deception Pass Bridge.  

This is the outside.  We had to wait here for 30 minutes or more.  It was packed just because things seemed so limited on this busy summer day.

Had never been here before.  Old place.

This is like "Memento" of a blog post.  I come to Toby's in Coopeville with my mom in the middle of the summer.  It still felt like Covidtimes.  It was REALLY hot this day.  Mom and I were just looking for something fun to do and went for a drive to Oak Harbor and then farther south.  We tried going to Captian Whidbey but it was closed.  This was the only place in Coupeville that seemed doable and we were hungry.  

Bread 3

Meat 4

Jus 4

Overall 4