Saturday, July 17, 2010

Chuy's Baja Broiler
















by Logan Westberg


Chuy's Restaurant
4185 W. Ina Road
Tucson, Arizona


July 16, 2010

Menu

CHICKEN DINNER
2 Drumsticks and fries: $ 4.99



CHICKEN STRIPS (2) & FRIES
Boneless white meat, lightly fried: $ 4.99



COWABUNGA CHEESEBURGERS
2 Cheeseburgers and fries: $ 4.99



MINI CORNDOGS (5) & FRIES
5 miniature corndogs: $ 4.99



CHEESE NACHOS
Crispy tortilla chips & tasty cheese sauce: $ 4.99Add meat for an additional $ 1.99



CHEESE QUESADILLA
Served with refried beans: $ 4.99Add meat for an additional $ 1.99



BEAN AND CHEESE BURRITO
Served with rice: $ 4.99Add meat: $1.99



TRI-TIP OR CHICKEN TACO
Regular or soft shell. Served with rice: $ 4.99



4 oz. RICE, BEANS OR FRIES
On the side: $ .79



Last night I went to Chuy's Baja Broiler with my family. We go to Chuy's almost every week and it is one of our favorite restaurants. Because we go there so often I have tried pretty much everything on their menu. Their chicken is really good. Last night I decided to have something not on the kids menu. I had the full fried fish tacos. They come on either flour or corn tortillas with fried fish, cabbage, cheese and "baja sauce". I like the baja sauce and its a little sweet. I usually order the tacos without cabbage but that is up to you. The fish was crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. it was really good!


Service


In Chuy's you place your order at the cash register and they give you something to tell them how to find you...usually a stuffed animal, a colored cone or something. Then they bring your food to you at your table. The food last night was hot like it was supposed to be. We had a lot of people with us and everyone got their food really fast. We get to have as many tortilla chips as we want for free. They also have different stuff to put on them like jalapenos, salsa, and baja sauce. Refills are free too. All I had to do was ask at the register and they refilled my cup. Even when I go up by myself. They are also good about giving me change for video games.



Fun


Chuy's has a one page kids menu with basic stuff to do (tic-tac-toe, a word search and a connect the dots). They have had the same stuff for a really long time (they might want to change that). They also have lots of video games like Tekken III, pinball, The Fast and the Furious, a crane game and Super Hoops. The also have a really cool ice cream machine that uses suction to suck up your ice cream and drop it down to you.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Olive Garden





by Logan Westberg

Olive Garden Restaurant
300 W. Wetmore
Tucson, Arizona

July 11, 2010

Menu

Share the grown-ups' salad and breadsticks

Macaroni & Cheese*Pasta shells in a creamy cheese sauce
4.95

Grilled Chicken with Pasta* Grilled chicken breast with sides of steamed broccoli and spaghetti with tomato sauce
5.35

Italian Cheese PizzaFirst topping is free, additional toppings .40 each
4.95

Spaghetti* Topped with tomato sauce
4.65

Chicken FingersLightly breaded, served with steamed broccoli or fries
5.35

Cheese Ravioli Italian cheese-filled ravioli with tomato sauce
4.95

Fettuccine Alfredo*Fettuccine served with a parmesan cream sauce
4.95

Today I went to the Olive Garden® after I went to church. I have been to the Olive Garden before and I think they have good food. I try to get something different whenever I go so today I decided to try their maccaroni and cheese. I was afraid they were going to serve me box maccaroni and cheese but it was actually pretty good. It was the shells kind of maccaroni and the cheese was really creamy! I also tried my sisters angel hair pasta and my dad's Zuppa Toscana soup...both were really good!

Service

Our waiter's name tag said Steven but he told us to call him "Slim". He was nice and friendly. He treated me like a man and called me "sir" whenever he asked me as question. He kept on coming back to my table and asking us if we needed anything. He wasn't just asking my dad either...he was asking me and my sister, too! When he told us about the kids menu he told us about stuff he thought I would like like a Strawberry-Mango Limonata that had real strawberries floating in a lemonade drink.

Fun

Their kids menu is called the Passport to Fun. It's a really fun menu with lots and lots of stuff to do. It folds out and is huge with crossword puzzles, pictures to color, word searches and madlibs. If you did everything on the kids menu it would last you through lunch.