Palmers East

Since Halloween is on a Saturday this year, the school and work places were having Halloween parties on Friday. I took J and D to hubby's office around 4 to walk down the hallways, pick up candies, enjoy all the "so cute" praises, and do some admiring of other little kids in return. Afterwards, we decided to grab a quick dinner in Redmond. We wanted to go to the Stonehouse, but were turned away as they were all booked at 5:30!!! *sigh* Another time. So we walked over to Palmers East around the corner.

To say that Palmers East isn't a suitable place for little kids is an understatement. There was a long L-shaped bar, quite a few bar tables with stools, a small dance floor, and a few random shaped tables. But since we didn't want to walk in the rain to look for another place, it had to do. As the place was all decorated with spider webs and such, it was kind of fun. J corrected hubby and said the place wasn't scary, but spooky. =)

The people were friendly, most menu items were on the cheap side. I got the linguini with Shrimp in garlic cream sauce. Hubby got the turkey "Mile High" club, a triple decker with bacon, cheese, crisp lettuce, tomatoes, and mayo on sourdough bread, with fries and a Caesar salad. Since they don't have a kid's menu. The kids shared an entree BBQ chicken. The portions were very generous. Both BBQ chicken and linguini came with a side salad. This is definitely one of those places that people come for quantity and price over quality. Hubby's club was loaded with turkey breast. My linguini was drowning in the cream sauce that I didn't want to think about how much calories there were. *wince* (I would have preferred if it was loaded with shrimp instead of carb. ;) The kids, unfortunately, didn't like the smoke flavor of the BBQ, but enjoyed the turkey breast, fries, and my garlic bread. While nothing was exceptional, it wasn't bad either. The Caesar was the only thing we thought that wasn't worth the price. For $7, it was just bunch of mediocre Romaine lettuce with some parmesan and croutons, nothing special. This wouldn't be consider expensive anywhere else. But compare to the rest of the menu, it wasn't a good value. (The linguini and the BBQ were both only $10! The club was $8.)

Besides the obvious, it was also very difficult to feed the kids there as the place was dimly lit. I could barely see the food, let alone cut and dissect various parts. (Yes, I'm a messy one at restaurants. When food comes, more often than not, I need to separate/scrape things so that D wouldn't be accidentally eating something diary.) So of course, we will never go back. That said, it seems to be a cheap and maybe even interesting place for guys to go grab a drink after work. So hubby might give it another shot sometime in the future.

Palmers East
7853 Leary Way NE, Redmond, WA 98052
(425)867-3837