Texas Steak House

On Monday, September 9, 2013, I had dinner at the Texas Steak House and Saloon at 120 Front Royal Pike, near the Route 50 exit for I-81. It had been quite a few years since I had eaten there, but this time two of my daughters took me there to celebrate my 93rd birthday.

The Steak House is open every day at 11:00 AM, and closes at 10:00 PM Sunday through Thursday and at 11:00 PM Friday and Saturday. When you enter the restaurant, a dining area has booths along the wall and booths along the long side wall and across from them are booths and tables.

Elsewhere the dining space is divided up into several sections by head-high partitions. A row of booths is along the wall in the back. Across from them, along the partition down the middle of the room, are tables. Another area has high-rise tables and chairs along the partition opposite the bar, which has high-rise stools and two TV screens.

Still another wall has a couple of booths near the kitchen and tables in a small nook. Finding your way around can be a little confusing because of the dining room divisions. The general theme is cow-country decorations.

The dinner menu's categories are Starters, Soups and Salads, Chicken, Western Dishes, The Best of the Border, Seafood Favorites, Seafood, Border Favorites, Chargrilled Steaks, Side Kicks, Gourmet Burgers, Sandwiches, Beverages, The Winery, The Brewery, and Desserts.

We each ordered the six-ounce filet from the Steaks menu. My side choices were sauteed mushrooms and seasoned asparagus, with lemonade as my beverage. We were all satisfied with our steaks, which were tender and properly cooked.

The kitchen erred with my sides order, and sent me broccoli instead of the seasoned asparagus I had requested. I pointed this out to our server, who brought me an order of asparagus a few minutes later. I thought that this was something he should have checked it before he left the kitchen.

The meal was good enough for me to put the Texas Steakhouse and Saloon back on my Keep list of area steak houses. I had stopped going there a long time ago because of dissatisfaction with the service and food.