I had lunch at Superior Bar on Beale Tuesday, and wanted to type up a review.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
I spent some time studying the menu and here are some of the other things I noticed:<\/p>\n
– 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.<\/p>\n
– 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.<\/p>\n
– I mentioned earlier the eggplant club sandwich, which substitutes slices of fried eggplant in place of the bread.<\/p>\n
– 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.<\/p>\n
– 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?<\/p>\n
– 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.<\/p>\n
– 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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