Well as I mentioned yesterday I was a bit disappointed at the High Life Lounge. A place that is famous for bacon wrapped tater tots. We arrived and no bacon wrapped tater tots. Seems there was a bacon festival on Saturday; the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival. Couldn't they have planned ahead? I am sorry for the rant - I know things happen it was just that we were so disappointed.
I guess I should have tried the fried chicken gizzards after I found out they were out of bacon wrapped tater tots. Mind you they were not out of tots just the bacon wrapped ones. And when I spoke to the manager about the situation he did share that it was a preparation thing. The tots get dressed with jalapeno's and bacon, so it isn't just wrapping bacon around the tot.
The following extracted from their website (and it is exactly true).
A 1960′s style corner tavern opened local owners of (Full Court Press) on Groundhog Day, February 2nd, 2005. Every city should have a bar like this with shag carpet, Formica bar top, vintage wallpaper, and wood paneling. Retro light fixtures and vintage Miller beer promotional lights and signs hang everywhere. The star of the show, Miller High Life, had a culture of its own in the 60’s and 70’s and its allure lives on today. The “Champagne of Beers” outsells two-to-one the next popular beer at the High Life Lounge. If a customer isn’t sipping a High Life, they’re still probably enjoying one of its contemporaries such as Hamm’s, Pabst Blue Ribbon, or original recipe Schlitz.
Like the beer, the food remains true to the era. Deviled eggs, Spam and egg sandwiches, liver and onions, broasted chicken, fried chicken gizzards, and Mom’s pot roast are all favorites. The High Life Lounge is a place for regular folks to relax and have a good time without spending a lot of money, the most popular item on the menu is the $3.75 cheeseburger basket. It’s a quarter pound burger with cheese, pickle and onion served in a basket with a generous portion of golden brown French fries.
The way I see it if you are famous for something and it has been on TV and on the websites you don't run out of it; whatever it is. OK - I have forgiven them and I will go back.
Just a hole in the wall lounge (bar in most of the United States). Us Iowans call a small bar a lounge if it has booths. The broasted chicken was great. Very moist and tasty. Broasting is a great way to cook chicken as it keeps it moist inside the pressure cooker. A midwest thing I think.
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