Stay Away!!! Phil's Tara Hideaway in Stillwater

Linda says: 

Finally made it to Phil's Tara Hideaway in Stillwater.

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Guess we should have waited longer.

2 stars

p.s. Sorry, don't serve romaine when the source(s) of the nationwide outbreak of e-coli have not been confirmed --- many other greens are available...maybe some of them might even be fresh.

p.p.s.  I guess they should hand out antacids for dessert.......I'm truly suffering from my grisly duck from which the fat was not rendered.

John says:

We keep track of places that suck.  I pick most of the places that suck.  This was my choice and I'm

out $50 for dinner and two glasses of water.

It's a charming log cabin exterior and interior and the service was attentive.  Everything else was 'meh.'

• the salad was Romaine (90% of the Romaine in the US is grown in the Yuma/Imperial Valley area...that's where bad lettuce is coming from), was pretty wilty with a bland Greek vinagrette.
• the salads came with four little pieces of cold, hard bread that looked like pancakes you make for four-year olds
• I  had the Gyros Dinner (this is a Greek place...it s/h/b a good choice)

• the cucumbers and tomatoes had been sliced long ago (perhaps in Greece)
• the minimal pieces of Pita bread were cold, hard and flavorless
• the sauce for the Gyros meat should have had some sparkle or bright freshness to it also tasted old and more like a lemony tartar sauce
• the saffron orzo was an unremarkable mushball
• the Gyros meat was ample in size, somewhat spicy,  but certainly is staying with us
• the onions were harsh and should have had a cold water bath
• the peppers were wilted and appeared to be right out of the Mount Olive or Mezzetta jar
• the three olives were OK

Go figure...off their game tonight or just old-fashioned supper-club OK?

We've eaten many, many meals together.  Our meals at the Hideaway should have stayed hidden in the kitchen...but you know, tomorrow is a new day, but not at the Hideaway!!