The Stacked Pickle in Fishers is located in an expanding strip mall on the corner of 116th and Allisonville. It's conveniently located and has ample parking which is always nice. My buddy and I went for lunch on a Saturday afternoon prior to a
The menu was pretty much what you'd expect. Standard offerings of wings, sandwiches, and burgers. I had a little trouble deciding, and considered ordering the breaded tenderloin, but I decided that I was in need of some cow in a bad way. My buddy got the tenderloin, but I chose the patty melt with the standard side of battered fries. When my food arrived I was definitely pleasantly surprised. The swiss cheese was nicely melted, the onions perfectly grilled as to bring out their natural sweetness, and my burger was perfectly medium just as I had asked. I'm so used to being asked how I want my burgers cooked and still getting a well done patty I almost went into shock when seeing that it was cooked correctly. Furthermore the patty was very juicy and tasted incredibly fresh. Even the rye bread that it was served on was incredibly tasty. It was thick cut and had that distinct rye flavor that added a nice extra element. The only mistake was that the Thousand Island dressing that was supposed to come on my sandwich was left off, and it took me a while to flag down our server to request a serving on the side. The fries were just what the menu stated they were. Standarded battered fries. Nothing special here, but they were tasty. If they had some sort of special seasoning it might bring them up a bit.
Normally I would just go into the taste and value ratings here as I don't often comment on service, but in this case I feel compelled to make an exception. Now make no mistake our orders were taken, our food was brought out, and our drinks refilled in a reasonably prompt manner, but one of my pet peeves (especially in a not-that-busy restaurant with multiple servers) is not getting our checks when we're ready to go. My friend and I waited an extremely long time after we had finished eating to get our checks while our server was having a lengthy animated conversation with the hostess. Our server then walked right by us with our empty plates, and she was not prompt in returning. Certainly didn't put a damper on the meal per se, or even prevented me from going back (definitely going back for the tenderloin) but it was annoying and fixable. Alright enough of that.
Taste: 9/10 Not just a good patty melt, but a great one in my opinion. Some special fries away from a 10 I would say. I was kind of annoyed at the lack of TI on my patty melt, but it was supposed to be on there and the server did address it even if she was a bit hard to flag down.
Value 8.5/10 Of course I opted for a Diet Coke instead of a beer which kept the cost down some, but the meal was right around 10 bucks. There was plenty of a food, and it was delcious. I've paid 10 dollars for much worse meals in the past.
4 comments:
Burgers are not bad here, not bad at all. I think that you can go on Monday nights and they are $5.00 (or cheaper at least)
Good to know WIBIA. Also wanted to point out that on Saturday they were running a burger and wings combo special for under 10 bucks. I wasn't that hungry, but if you are it's not a bad idea.
Not all cheap is better.
thanks for the advice
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