I had lunch at Superior Bar on Beale Tuesday, and wanted to type up a review.
First of all, I can get a wireless connection there, which is a good thing because it allows me to do a working lunch. Superior doesn’t provide Wi-Fi but it’s available through MoochNet, meaning someone nearby has an unsecured wireless network.
I took the suggestion of my server Josh and got the crawfish and corn chowder soup, which was quite tasty, lots of meaty crawfish in a creamy broth. Very good. It’s the Tuesday soup of the day, but Josh tells me they have it every day of the week. Other soups of the day are
- Monday – red beans and rice
- Wednesday – chicken tortilla
- Thursday – ham & tater
- Friday – Mamou’s gumbo
- Saturday – Momma Reynolds’ chili topped with cheddar, onions, jalapeno
- Sunday – mushroom & potato
I spent some time studying the menu and here are some of the other things I noticed:
– They have a Black & Bleu creole salad – blackened sirloin medium rare, blue cheese, tomato, cucumber, carrot, spaghetti over mixed greens with basil dressing. Sounds tasty.
– As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not a grits person, but I know a lot of my readers like shrimp & grits… well, you might want to try Superior’s crawfish & grits.
– I mentioned earlier the eggplant club sandwich, which substitutes slices of fried eggplant in place of the bread.
– Other popular sandwiches: The King’s peanut butter and banana sandwich (nice that they have a menu item honoring Jerry Lawler), a Cajun fried turkey melt, and oyster, shrimp and catfish po-boys.
– They have meat-and-two ($6.99) and meat-and-three ($7.25) options available every day for lunch. Heck, why not pay the extra 26 cents and get the third vegetable?
– They have several BBQ options: Ribs, pulled pork, chicken dinner, sausage platter, and barbecue nachos. Josh told me that unlike many places, the nachos come fully dressed with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, etc.
– They have $2 domestics for Happy Hour. Not sure when Happy Hour ends, but it had started by the time I arrived for lunch at 1 PM.
Very comfortable atmosphere. Once you’re inside you don’t feel like you’re at a bar on Beale Street, and Superior could easily be used for business lunches.
Some of the menu items seem to be priced a little high ($9.95 for a bowl of soup, $10.95 for the eggplant club), but it is in a tourist district and the prices are no worse than what some of the other restaurants on the street (BB’s, Alfred’s) charge.
Overall, I enjoyed it and will definitely be back. I hear they have good music at night too – will have to go down there some evening and check it out.
Just watched the last episode of The Price Is Right with Bob Barker – no one’s tube top fell off this time. A woman won two cars – a Corvette and a Cadillac convertible – and some other crap worth $140,000 total. Not a bad day for her.