Rick's American Bar & Grill Now Open

[fsusurfer]

Splitting checks should be outlawed; nothing positive ever comes from this horrible practice. Most tables that want split checks don't request it until AFTER everything has been rung up...this in turn, causes service for other tables to sufffer a bit. If the server is told beforehand, it makes splitting so much easier. I'm still against it.

Ummm isnt that one of the reasons why a party of 'x '# or more is usually charged a mandatory amount of gratuity.

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

I finally went to Rick's last Sunday with the girlfriend.

It was pretty slow, both in terms of there not being many people there, and my waiter didn't ever seem to be pressed for time (unfortunately).

We sat in the restaurant area instead of the bar, but the bar looked pretty nice. About average beer selection, Sam Adams Winter blend is VERY tasty both from a bottle and out of the tap BTW (and this is from non-Sam Adams fan). Girlfriend liked her frozen margarita, and she'd difficult to please in that area.

She got potato skins and loved them...I got the (and I'm probably going to butcher the name) Parmesan Crusted Chicken Scallopini with marinara sauce (you can also get alfredo sauce with this). It was very, VERY tasty. My girlfriend ate half of mine, she liked it so much. My only complaint is that the angel hair pasta that comes on the plate didn't have any sauce of it's own. Although it was presented well. It was piled on the plate looking like a beehive hairdo from 1965. Cool.

We split a turtle cheesecake for desert, and OH MAN. Tasty.

I will definitely be back there. Lots of other things on the menu that look good.

[Easy180]

Same here ohgawd...Not a big fan of Sam Adams but the Winter lager is a good one

Not sure if Rick's will make it or not...Hasn't been very busy the last few times I have eaten there and there were only 6 other tables full last saturday around 1:30

I hope it does make it though...Pretty much everything I've tried there I've liked

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

Well I'm certainly going to do my part to keep them running. I think my whole bill was under $35, and that includes two beers and a margarita.

[ad47aw]

Gotta go!

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

I went again last night. My girlfriend had the crusted chicken that I had last week. She likes it a LOT. I tried some cashew chicken with white rice. It was really really good.

I'm trying to figure out the place. The food is prepared and presented like food in restaurant much nicer and at twice the price. But it's a bar.

The people next to us had a couple of sandwiches, and they looked to be a cut-above regular bar sammiches too. They sure got wolfed down.

I'm really digging this joint.

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

Well that didn't last long.

Rick's is closing on the 4th of July, and will be replaced by Coaches.

[Martin]

not surprised... decent place, but they never seemed to get off the ground. from what i understand, the place is owned by the same guy who owns jimmy's egg. evidently, rick's has (had?) a sister restaurant northside called casablanca.

-M

[bornhere]

They'll always have Paris.

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

not surprised... decent place, but they never seemed to get off the ground. from what i understand, the place is owned by the same guy who owns jimmy's egg. evidently, rick's has (had?) a sister restaurant northside called casablanca.

-M

I was told that Jimmy's Egg owns the building and sold it out from under them. But that was from somebody about 4 steps away from the source.

[jbkrems]

Yep,

Those of you who suspect that Rick's is a sister restaurant to Jimmy's Egg (some of the franchises), and Casablanca, are correct. The owners are clients of my law firm. And yes, they are closing.

[Martin]

ogts, i also heard that jimmy's egg owns the building... so i think you're right about that. from what i understand, agreeable terms couldn't be reached on a lease so they opted to buy it.

jbkrems, is casablanca closing, too?

-M

[Easy180]

Look for Primo's to follow Rick's sometime soon...Few times I have gone on the weekend for lunch they were dead...I haven't been there for dinners so maybe they do ok there but I wouldn't be surprised if they move on as well unfortunately

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

Look for Primo's to follow Rick's sometime soon...Few times I have gone on the weekend for lunch they were dead...I haven't been there for dinners so maybe they do ok there but I wouldn't be surprised if they move on as well unfortunately

Well, about a week ago, I noticed in the real estate section on Craigslist...Primos, City Bites, Ricks, Chuck E. Cheese, and a couple of other places up for sale.

[jbkrems]

Casablanca has been closed for several months now. They never were in the black ---- it was not a good business venture for my firm's clients.