It was about time we ate here. This has been one of our favorite and frequent hot-spots and I was honestly a little surprised that it took that long for us to decide to eat at BJs.
http://www.bjsrestaurants.com/
It is one of our favorite food joints and not for their famed deep-dish pizza. We come here for the small plates and the burgers. But most of all we come here for the dessert.
Ever since we ordered it on a whim once upon a time, we can’t come to BJs without Chris ordering their Corn Fritters with a spicy mayo and bacon crumbles. It offers an interesting combination of salty, sweet, and warm bread-y goodness!
Bacon Corn Fritters
Since I’m on a minor health-kick I decided to order something light but healthy which led me to the Ahi Poke Stack appetizer. I’m not going to lie, I don’t think very highly of BJs raw fish but I just really wanted some poke. And it’s fairly decent for what it is…just quite a bit overpriced when I saw the receipt. One of the best parts of this dish however, isn’t the fish or the marinade, it’s the chips they serve with it.
Ahi Tuna Poke
For my entree I stuck to a simple soup-salad combo. I got Clam Chowder (yes, I KNOW it’s not healthy, get off my back) and a Ceasar Salad. The chowder was okay. I do like the size and amount of clam pieces they have but the soup was served barely hot at was reduced to lukewarm and tepid fairly quickly. The good bites were good while they lasted…so not very long.
Clam Chowder
The salad was better. Or rather standard. I don’t really expect drop-dead fabulous food when I come to BJs but I expect good food. And that’s what I get–a consistent standard of better than normal food–if you pick the right items and not the disproportionately overpriced ones. I thought the salad was yummy and the chicken was well-seasoned but I could be biased because I like my salads drenched in Ceasar dressing.
Ceasar Salad
Chris opted for a burger…I wasn’t paying attention again as to what kind so we get to play deconstruct the burger again!
Burger
Based on the picture it looks like your run-of-the-mill burger, which BJs does a good job of making. I can see bacon, cheese, tomato, and lettuce which is how Chris likes it. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some A1 or other barbecue sauce in there as well.
Arguably the most important part of the meal was the one thing that I forgot to take a picture of…the COOKIES AND CREME PIZZOOKIE. It was the best part of the meal considering the food was decent and the service was poor. And since we hadn’t had pizzookies in a good long while it was a great dessert treat. I want another one now but, not for a while, ’til next year, BJs!
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