Eat a Lot of Fritos at Broadmoor Kitchen and Tavern

I've been eagerly watching one construction site on Youree Drive, and good news came this week. Broadmoor Kitchen and Tavern is open for business (I apologize for the lack of photo. It was raining and my hair is naturally curly, OK). It's been a topic of conversation between me and Ty for several weeks, maybe even months, now.

We'll be driving down the road, wondering where to eat, and one of us will say, "You know what I wish was open?"

"Broadmoor Kitchen and Tavern."

Or, we'll finish doing some fun activity, perhaps a day on the lake, and we would like to have a few beers. One of us will say, "You know what I wish was open?"

"Broadmoor Kitchen and Tavern."

With all this waiting, we've built it up in our minds to be the Holy Land. The one thing we've been missing from our lives. You've probably never seen two people more excited about a tavern opening up in their neighborhood. So, the other day, Ty drives by the construction site and calls me. "Guess what's open," he says.

"No. Broadmoor Kitchen and Tavern," I whisper with a far-off look in my eye.

"Yes. I have to say, I was genuinely excited about it," Ty said.

"Well sure."

It has only been open three or four days, but we couldn't wait to try Broadmoor Kitchen and Tavern. We went last night with Marcus and LJ and Walt and Nancy. The place was packed. However, the beer I'd been dreaming about wasn't available. The Tav is yet to get a liquor license (FYI, you can bring your own).

So, it wasn't perfect. The menu is a bit unfocused. Pasta to Philly cheese steaks to pot pies. We ordered appetizers and got two heaping bowls of dip and had to keep asking for more Fritos. And this one vegetable we struggled to identify. "It's a banana peel. No, it's a mushroom. Mushrooms don't have seeds. It's an eggplant." Ding, ding. That's one for Stephanie, although it tasted like the banana peel. We had these delicious cheese grits that made LJ say, "UGH."

Anyway, we enjoyed decent dinner in a pleasant atmosphere at the tavern located about two blocks from Ty's house. I hope service will improve. I have a history of loving restaurants that move into this location and close soon after. That Mexican restaurant with the best, smoothest, most perfect margaritas — I'll never forget you. The restaurant was soon turned into Mary's Thai Kitchen, and maybe something else before that, can't remember.

I hope we won't soon have to forget Broadmoor Kitchen and Tavern. Just give them a few weeks to iron out the problems. If that doesn't work, give them a few more weeks. At least by then they should have a liquor license.