Originally Posted by
acidfast7
that looks like my kinda place.
I have a sticky test that I do before awarding a place with my patronage.
I roll up my slaves and place my arms on the table, if my armhair rips off and remains on the table due to stickiness that I eat/drink there.
Any place too busy cooking/making fat to clean is worth at least one shot!
That place looks like it would qualify.
olive garden would not nor would the other places I listed qhere people state the food is OK.
Good choice you made there mate innit?
I think you can correlate the "sticky table test" just walking in, with the smell of old grease and overloaded venta-hoods, lingering odors of a fish fry or bbq smoke or other things depending. Cooked, not raw ingredient odors of course. If I smell MSG I'm out though, that's a full stop.
The red flag in that photo is no locals. Unless they're parked on the side away from the picture, if you don't see beaters or work vehicles a place like that is best passed by.