SaltGrass Bossier City

Tomorrow's the big day, I turn 25. Two days later, my dad turns... older. One day after that, Kristina, my co-worker will be a year older also... and Steven, a co-worker from my last job, celebrated his birthday late last week. That's a lot of Birthday's to be celebratin'.

For our family's celebration, we decided to go out on the town for dinner. Katie's co-workers had been talking up a new steakhouse called Saltgrass down at the boardwalk that was supposed to be a great place to eat. So, Katie planted the thought in my head earlier that some steak might be nice, and that's where we ended up going.

I think the place has only been open for a week, two at the most. The servers are still talking about where the company started, and describing the menu. The hostesses are still giving their menus, saying "Here's your menu" to each person. All the waiters and food/bread runners still say "pardon me" and "excuse me sir"... so you can tell the place is new.

Between the five of us (Katie, my parents and Taylor), we tried all the varieties of meat they had to offer. Taylor had the shrimp and steak, Katie had the hickory chicken, my parents had the pork chops and I also had a steak. I think everyone was happy with their food, though personally I was extremely disappointed with my steak. It was burned... There's no avoiding it. My family kept saying that it was the sauce I asked them to add, or that it was just cooked well. They're wrong. It was burned. It tasted like an ash tray.

That's one of the few things I didn't like about the place. Among the others, it was really noisy, the tables were far too close together and the wait was extreme for each step in the meal process.

On a more positive note, Taylor's steak (requested medium rare) was excellent, and so was Katie's hickory chicken. The salads were awesome, especially since they offered fresh ground pepper... which is one of my favorite flavor enhancers. Lastly, Katie and Taylor were very happy with their potatoes romano, which are sort of like potatoes au gratin, but with a thicker layer of cheese.

Anyway, it was good and I'd have to recommend it to anyone looking for a good steak house. Their steaks, as shown by Taylor's rib eye steak, can be great. Just don't order the Boss trail top sirloin, medium... unless you enjoy licking used ashtrays.