Red Robin

 The food is excellent and the choice of burgers is amazing. You can build your burger anyway you want.  If you are craving a burger and crispy, golden fries this is the place to go. 

Join their eclub and get a FREE burger on your birthday, rewards throughout the year and all the latest Red Robin news!

View their website here:  http://www.redrobin.com/

Check out their Red Royalty program here:  https://www.redrobin.com/redroyalty

Chesterfield's Tuscan Oven

Cesterfield's Tuscan Oven

2185 Glenwood Plaza

Oneida, NY 13421



 Chesterfield Restaurant opened in 1988 on Bleecker Street in Utica, taking old world favorites and adding their own creative touch. They use one of the oldest methods of pizza making, coal fired pizza.  They provide their guests with a casual, friendly atmosphere and excellent service in addition to wonderful food.

We ate here for the first time on August 9, 2012.  I had the Fettuccine Alfredo- Pasta tossed with oven roasted grape tomatoes, sweet peas, and creamy alfredo sauce.  Although the dish was very good, i was not crazy about warm grape tomatoes.  My husband had the Chicken Riggies- rigatoni with chicken, sweet peppers, cherry peppers, mushrooms, and onions in a pnk sauce.  He was impressed. 

Chesterfield's Tuscan Oven is Gluten-free and has a children's menu.

The best thing was, our 2 meals, an appetizer, 2 sodas, and bread only cost us $28!  Now that's affordable! Oh and at the end of your dinner you get complimentary cotton candy!  We were very happy with the staff, food and service.  We will be visiting again!

To learn more about this restaurant, visit:  http://www.chesterfieldstuscanoven.com/index.php

https://www.facebook.com/chesterfields.tuscanoven

Spaghetti Warehouse

In 1972, the first Spaghetti Warehouse opened in the old warehouse district of downtown Dallas. Victor Petta Jr. created hearty, made from scratch favorites by combining recipes handed down through generations of the Petta family with American abundance. Chef Victor also invented our patented system for cooking pasta to create perfect al dente pasta every time. Our commitment to quality has seen the Spaghetti Warehouse grow to more than 16 restaurants in 7 states - and we're still growing. 

 SOURCE: http://www.40meatballs.com/

I ate here for the first time ever.  My husband has eaten here before.  We both ordered the   15-LAYER LASAGNE-  which features  layer after layer of lasagne noodles,  robust Meat Sauce, Italian pork sausage, ground beef, and Romano, ricotta and mozzarella cheeses. Made by hand daily and topped with more home-made Meat Sauce.  It was amazing!

We went to the Restaurant located at:  689 North Clinton Street Syracuse, NY 13210. 
(315) 475-1807

The restaurant is located within and old factory.  There is a lot of old

items for decor including old tin signs, a confessional, and an old

trolley car in which you can sit to eat. 

The Spaghetti warehouse is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a new

menu, 11 new dishes created by their new corporate chef, and a wide

array of promotions and events. This is their way of saying thank you to

the many communities who have supported them as patrons these many

years.  For a list of events click this link: 

 http://www.40meatballs.com/?page_id=6

Johnny Rockets

My husband, our children and I love this restaurant.  It is such a fun place to go to and the food is delicious.  This is a 50's style restaurant.  They feature small jukeboxes at every table. 

The servers make cute little smiley faces with the catsup. 

The one we go to is located at: 

Carousel Center9672 Carousel Center Dr.
Syracuse, NY 13290
315-474-7406

The following information is from Wikipedia:

Johnny Rockets is an American restaurant franchise whose concept is to create a classic American restaurant atmosphere. The theme is the diner-style restaurant that had become a common sight by the 1950s. Decor includes Coca-Cola advertising featuring nearly life-size cardboard illustrations of women in World War II armed services uniforms, individual jukebox stations, chrome accents and red vinyl seats. The staff at some locations are known to sing and dance every half-hour. Making a smiley face with ketchup on the paper plate when served American fries is a Johnny Rockets trademark.

The menu, presentation, counter seating and grilling area are based on an original restaurant from 1947 (still operating today), The Apple Pan in West Los Angeles. The restaurants feature a small two-sided menu, hamburgers wrapped in paper on cardboard plates, hamburgers grilled-to-order in full view of the counter-seated customers.^[3][4][5]

To read more click link:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Rockets

For a location near you, click link:  http://www.johnnyrockets.com/locations/locations.php?State=NY

YOU WON'T BE SORRY!

Texas Roadhouse

Texas Roadhouse is a legendary steak restaurant that serves hand-cut steaks, fall-off-the-bone ribs, made-from-scratch sides, and fresh-baked rolls served with a cinnamon butter.  They also serve a bucket of peanuts at every table.  This chain of restaurants is decorated in a Western Theme. 

This is one of our favorite restaurants.  We always have a good time and delicious meal here. 

Tonight, my husband ordered the Ft. Worth Ribeye.  See picture below to see what this meal consists of.

I ordered the New York Strip.  See the picture below. 

Of course, both meals were absolutely amazing!  We highly recommend this Restaurant!

Texas Roadhouse have over 300  locations throughout the United States.  For one near you, click this link:  http://www.texasroadhouse.com/locations

Visit their website at:  http://www.texasroadhouse.com/

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The Melting Pot

A Fondue Restaurant

This restaurant just opened at Carousel Center, 306 Hiawatha Blvd., Syracuse, NY 13204.  We took the kids here this past Sunday. 

The Melting Pot offers attentive service, fine wines, the highest quality fresh  ingredients, a variety of cooking styles, unique sauces and chocolate fondue. 

We had the best time here.  The waitress was very helpful and knowledgeable.  If she didn't know the answer, she went and got it quickly.  We actually gave her the standard 15% tip because she was so good. 

So we ordered the Cheese Fondue.  This comes with rustic artisan breads, fresh vegetables, and crisp Granny Smith Apples.  You can choose one cheese fondue per cooktop at your table.   Yes, they actually prepare the fondue right at your table and tell you step by step what they are adding. 

The Cheese Fondue

Our choice of cheeses were: 

Cheddar Cheese Fondue:  Aged medium-sharp cheddar and Emmanthaler Swiss cheeses melt beautifully with lager beer, garlic and seasonings.

Wisconsin Trio Cheese Fondue:  Rich Fontina and Butterkase join buttermilk bleu cheese, white wine, scallions and a hint of sherry. 

We did not think to ask the waitress before we ordered if they had a gluten-free menu.  As she was pouring the beer base into the cheese mix, my son says "  I can't have that kind and told her he was allergic to gluten.   She then asked if we would like to have her make it gluten-free.  My son told her no, he could eat the other choice.  After a few dips into the Wisconsin Trio Cheese Fondue, our daughter decided that the taste of wine was overbearing.  She was right.  We then asked our waitress if they made the cheeses without alcohol.  She said yes then asked if we would like her to make a new batch without the wine. She did so and brought us out even more dippers.   The non-alcoholic dip  is made with a vegetable broth and was even more delicious.  For the four of us it was $64 so being a little expensive, this will be a place we return to when we can splurge.  The next time we go, it will be for the Chocolate Fondue.

Remember, they have a Gluten-free and Alcohol free menu!

 

Jumbo's Restaurant

424 Genesee St
Oneida, Madison County, NY 13421-2614
Phone: (315) 363-1322


This past Sunday, we took our kids out to breakfast at Jumbo's.  This diner boasts the best breakfast in town.  It really is the best breakfast in town at great prices.  The four of us ate for $27.00.  The owner and staff always treat everyone like famiy.   They serve pancakes the size of a small pizza.  The french toast is to die for.  We have eaten breakfast here on numerous occassions and will continue to eat here.  We have never had a bad experience here.