Fast Food, tales from the Watt.

“Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone… Bad food is fake food… food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people’s ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives.”       – Anthony Bourdain, RIP

   Day one of the new season. Not a memorable session. The day started out promising enough. Salisbury saw 90 degrees. Even closer to shore saw the mid 80s. But, by the time we hit the beach the clouds had moved in, storms were on the radar, and the temps had slipped to the lower 70s with winds dropping the feel into the 60s. The water, now around 53F, exposed surf conditions that were crap all day. We knew that going in. Sometimes I can squeeze out a ride here and there, but not this evening. Choppy and disorganized, the waves had no size and those that did break evaporated soon after. One had to be fast to grab one...it had been a long off-season...no fast food for me. Truth be told, it would've been a very short meal.

Early season fast food slop, 67th and Holidays. 5/2/2019

   So, poor surf on the first day. Certainly, we would follow up with a better finish. Not so much. For the second time this year, a mundane choice to review. In both cases the fare, like the waves, did not catch on. We ended up at Fat Daddy's on the corner of Dorchester and South Baltimore Ave. Walking in, they had a fair craft beer offering...twelve on tap. However, there was no bar. As a matter of fact, this place was more a fast food restaurant than the tavern or bar that we usually seek out (a theme of the night- more fast food). They didn't have servers, or bartenders. Not even a host. Poor conditions to start for the second time in the evening. After checking out the menu, LWatt decided on the Cobb Salad while myself and Target chose an Angus Beef Pizza and Cilantro Honey-Mustard Wings. We had to go up to the cashier and order our food and drinks (yes, I got a beer). We couldn't start a tab. We had to pay for it up front and then they called out when it was ready...like a Chick-Fil-A, or dare I say, McDonalds! At least some of those places will bring it to your table...this place, you had to go up and get it. The salad while it tasted fine, was small and served in a plastic bowl. The pizza was not impressive with an underdone, very doughy crust, although the toppings saved it from being sent back. We didn't even finish it (and that's unusual for me). The best part of the meal was the wings. Served in a plastic basket, they were crispy and hot, but the cilantro was almost unnoticeable, AND there was no celery with our wings. No celery! One more pain point I had was our bill. It was as much as any mid-level restaurant, plus reflected a spot for a tip! Tip for what? Here's a tip- build a bar, get a barkeep. At the very least, hire a wait staff. Ok, they had some TVs and fair music, but this is Ocean City damn it! Make your patrons feel like they are on vacation and not dining in a Subway with beer. Looking over previous posts, you'd find I rarely beat up our contenders, but in this case I felt the website pic of the beer taps was very misleading. We shan't return anytime in the near future.

THE RATINGS-

                Cobb Salad: C

                Cilantro Honey-Mustard Wings

                W/O Celery: C+

                Angus Beef Pizza: D+

                Beer: B-

                Atmosphere (no bar Dude!): C-

                Value: C-

Overall Score = 1.96