The Rocky Branch Grill- Clarkesville, Ga

May 2008
After many months of anticipation, my Beautiful Pregnant Daughter and Granddaughter decided to sample this place, which has had many incarnations in the last fifteen years or so. It was a glorious day in the mountains and we asked to be seated on the patio. (We noticed while walking through that the tables and chairs were exactly the same ones used by the previous establishment that was Nancy's on the Soque.) Now, I remember when this patio had an arbor with wisteria covering it, and the back of the patio was surrounded by trees and brush. All of that is gone. Now it is a bland two-level deck with metal tables and umbrellas. All of that would be fine and dandy if the food was something to be anticipated. It is not.
Since I had saved this review in a draft and have now come back to it, I will try my best to recall this lunch......let's see now.....I do remember ordering the so-called "Wild Field Greens" with the Tuscan White Bean Soup. Sounds pretty romantic, right? How romantic is tearing open one of those plastic bags of baby lettuces that you get at Ingles and pouring on some dressing? Yep, top that with a few slices of red onion (which was a special request) and there you have it. On to the soup. Shouldn't the cook (I won't use the term chef) taste a soup for seasonings prior to serving? Has anyone here even heard of seasonings? What about salt?
Call me crazy, but one of my little idiosyncrasies when dining is that I like to have utensils at the table. Perhaps the table of church ladies next to us would agree because we all had to ask for them. I know....picky, picky....
Save your money and go to Ingles.

The FB