The Best of Bowling Alley Eats
I had a great lunch in a bowling alley this last week.
There, I said it. Furthermore, I'm going to stand behind it. On Friday we had a team lunch at Mel's Lonestar Lanes in Georgetown, TX. After a fun, active morning of conducting a scavenger hunt throughout downtown Georgetown we were pretty hungry.
I admit, when I heard that the bowling alley was providing the food, I was skeptical. I imagined greasy burgers, limp fries, maybe a wilted salad. My imagination wasn't very complimentary.
So, this is my official apology for doubting them. The meal started with a very well put together salad of fresh greens, shredded cheese, crisp croutons and two dressings; either ranch or vinaigrette. Just like the salad, everything was served up buffet style.
Options included:
- Seasoned meatballs, cooked with mushrooms and red wine over egg noodles. The meatballs were perfectly seasoned and cooked.
- Grilled chicken breasts served in a white wine butter sauce.
- Scalloped potatoes with cheese and onions. This dish could have stood a little bit more cooking time, could have set a bit longer and/or had a slightly thicker cheese sauce. But the taste was great, and it was still very good.
- Corn casserole cooked into fresh cornbread, very moist and tasty.
- Cornbread, fresh and hot with pats of butter on the side.
- Grilled vegetables, a medley of seasoned, grilled squash. Squash having so much moisture, you typically have to over-season it. In this case, it was seasoned, but not quite as much as it should have been. Still enjoyed eating it though.
Dessert was served after. Fresh peach cobbler with crunchy, cinnamon dough. Sweet without being too sweet and served hot with vanilla ice cream.
All in all, it was a very fun, tasty meal and Mel's did a great job with it. I'm looking forward to going back sometime to enjoy one of the great looking items off of their regular menu.
That is impressive! Of course I'd be fine with cheap tortilla chips with the nuclear orange cheese sauce that passes for nachos at most bowling alleys. :)
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