For a delicious home-cooked tasting meal, give the Leonardtown Grille a try. The restaurant is run by Robyn Brown and Michael Hicks (formerly of House of Ribs in Charlotte Hall, River's Edge in Benedict, and Quiznos in California). They seem to have good luck in the food business and Robyn really enjoys being around people and takes pride in the Grille's food. Entrees were priced from $15-to-$25 and there were lots of reasonably priced appetizers, salads, and sandwiches on the menu - I'll have to go back! They open at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday through Sunday serving lunch and dinner; they serve made-to-order breakfast on Sunday.
I had the combo crab cake and shrimp dinner and chose to have my shrimp steamed (fried was also an option as was another way - grilled? blackened? - I'll have to pay better attention if I want to be useful at this blogging stuff. Entrees come with two sides and I selected baked potato and slaw. Okay, so I'll remember to take notes on other sides next time. Hubby got the crab cake dinner with the same sides. We each ordered a drink (no cocktail napkin -). Entrees were served with mini tubs of butter, sour cream, tartar sauce (for crabcake), and cocktail sauce (for shrimp). You can probably get cocktail sauce for your crab cake if you prefer it over tartar. Steamed shrimp (8 large) were piping hot and delicious. Within two minutes, our server stopped by with extra napkins (I didn't even ask +) - you know how messy your fingers get peeling shrimp. Crab cakes were as big as softballs, fairly well seasoned, rolled in cracker crumbs, and deep fried for a crispy coating. Everyone has their own special crab cake recipe and I am picky, picky, picky to the point of wondering why I ordered crab, but was pleasantly surprised. The crab cake at the Grille was good and hubby could only eat one of his, packing up the remaining one for a midnight snack or lunch tomorrow. The baked potato was moist and flavorful. The slaw was like my grandmother's - a hint of sugar. (I think they put sugar in everything after the depression.) Much to our surprise, Robyn mentioned that they had cornbread in the oven that would be done in a minute. It's hard to get bread at a restaurant these days; I guess with the trend toward low carb diets they just don't offer it. Sure enough, we were served a basket with four warm squares of cornbread (without asking for bread and at no extra charge +).
Service was good; staff was attentive without hovering and apologized that our drinks were a little slow in arriving. The Grill was busy - there were only 2 or 3 empty tables when we arrived around 6:45 p.m. It was nice to see the business owner so involved in actually running the business. I can easily forgive a late drink arrival when the rest of the meal service was so smooth.
By the way, saw some friends at the Leonardtown Grille who said they eat there about once a week and have never been disappointed. They live just a few miles away so it's nice to have a neighborhood restaurant where the servers get to know you. They highly recommend the bacon wrapped shrimp appetizer and steak sandwich.
Okay, it's your turn to give the Grill a try and let me know what you think!
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