This one was a solo mission on the way to get gifts for Ma Vinegar's birthday: and PoBoy fearing he would have been out of commission had he eaten at*:
Chili's
Stratford Commons near Hanes Mall, Winston-Salem, NC
The Food: Three dishes caught Miss Vinegar's eye at first: the Monterey Chicken, the Margarita Grilled Chicken, and the Boneless Buffalo Chicken salad. However, in her zeal to eat something she wouldn't eat on a normal night out at home, Miss Vinegar, Despiser of Onions, ordered...the Buffalo Chicken Fajita.
She'd always wanted, you see, to try a fajita, and seduced by the sizzle and the knowledge that the onions and peppers would definitely be big enough to avoid, she went for it. And it was good: mildly spicy buffalo chicken, bleu cheese crumbles and bacon. There was also a lot of it, which is why Miss Vinegar cannot confirm whether the brownie mini-dessert actually has a small brownie sitting on top.
The Service: Excellent. Miss Vinegar always overtips when eating alone, feeling obscurely that she has to compensate the server for the fact that there is only one of her, but in this case it was deserved.
The Ambience: Mostly red, which in Miss Vinegar's book is a good thing. The restaurant's windows are oriented to make the most of the view of surrounding trees rather than the shopping center behind it, which is also a good thing. Her only objection was to the restaurant art beside her. It's hard not to wonder about a composition depicting winged buffaloes that also depicts armadillos...
Overall: *** (three stars out of five--Miss Vinegar would personally add another half-point for a painless introduction to fajitas)
*Miss Vinegar hastens to say this does not denote a food quality issue; for whatever reason, Poboy and Chili's simply do not get along at the biochemical level.
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