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There is a full dining room at Shooters if you didn’t want to sit on the patio but on a day like the day we were there, you’d be silly to. It’s really what makes Shooters what it is. Sitting out on their patio is part of the dining experience. Something all Clevelanders should do at least once on a nice sunny day.
Shooters had a decent amount of people there for lunch and was fully staffed with servers. One thing that I found peculiar was that each table seemed to have 2 servers per table. I don’t know if they were training or what not but it made me wonder about the tipping situation. Everything seemed pretty clean at Shooters and are table was comfortable as well as the chairs we were sitting. There is plenty of parking either in their lot or in the Nautica lot across the street. The MenuShooters has a little bit of everything on their menu. From LARGE salads to Steaks, you can get a taste of just about anything there. They have a great variety of soups, sandwiches and lunch sized entrée’s for those who don’t want quite as big of a meal. The menu is pretty large but the servers were quick to point out some of the patrons favorites. http://www.shootersflats.com/menu.php The pricing is a bit high, in my opinion for lunch but you are paying for the ambience. The FOODI had the Chopped Salad (full size). This salad is not for the faint of heart. It’s HUGE! When you get the bowl…you can’t even see the lettuce…it’s covered with diced turkey breast, chopped egg, Julienne cucumbers, red onion, Applewood smoked bacon, shredded provolone cheese and choice of dressing on the side. It also has two crunchy breadsticks that you can use to break up as croutons or eat separately. It’s a good salad, though I wasn’t the biggest fan of the Ranch dressing that it was served with. They have a variety of dressings you can choose from and I think I would go with something different next time. The Ranch dressing seemed a little bland to me. The innocent bystanders that I spoke to had the Buffalo Chicken Wrap with Onion Rings, the Asian Chicken Salad and the Greek Wrap.
The Buffalo Chicken Wrap is a spicy Buffalo sauce tossed with chicken tenders, tomatoes, shredded lettuce, cheddar-jack cheese on a tomato wrap. The EATer said it was very good and really enjoyed the Beer Battered Onion Rings as well. The Asian Chicken Salad is Mixed greens, grilled chicken, edamame, sesame seeds, mandarin oranges, red peppers, water chestnuts, with a side of Thai peanut dressing. This bystander really liked the mandarin oranges mixed with the peanut dressing as it gave it a very light taste that was enjoyed.
The Greek wrap is Kalamata olives, feta cheese, tomatoes, red onion, cucumbers, shredded romaine, Mediterranean vinaigrette on a fresh spinach wrap. The bystander liked the wrap, noting that the feta cheese tasted very good with the Vinaigrette. DepartingWhile looking around the patio, it seemed everyone was enjoying themselves. It probably had to do with the sun coming down on us and the beers that were flowing. My one thing I’d like to see Shooters improve on was the speed in which it took to get our food out. I don’t know if it’s a kitchen thing or a server issue…but it took way too long for us to get our food. This will make an hour long lunch break hard to happen. Thankfully, my boss was with me on my lunch break so she knew I wasn’t kidding about the time of service! We waited around half an hour from the time we ordered to the time we got our food. Nobody at our table had anything that should’ve taken that long to get either. It was rather confusing. The food is good at Shooters but this EATer isn’t sure it’s quite good enough to get me there on a cold wintery day in December. It’s definitely a spot to go to in the Spring and Summer when it’s warm out and you want to enjoy the patio. Otherwise, you can get most of these foods at other places throughout the City. There was nothing that grabbed me about the food. It wasn’t worth “writing home about” but it wasn’t bad either. Just middle of the road as far as taste is concerned. When going to Shooters, you’re going for the atmosphere…unfortunately the food plays second fiddle… |
