This weekend was our youngest son's wedding at
Rexbury Idaho Temple. The weather was a bit cold, rainy and even hailed going in for the ceremony. Luckily the sun was shining when we came outside for pictures except the wind was blowing hard and cold! It was quite a sight trying to take pictures in such conditions. My son picked up his bride who is all but 100 lbs soaking wet to take a picture and it looked like the wind would lift her high into the air like a kite and his bride would be no more. We some how got some great pictures.
After pictures we were to host the bridle's family for dinner. I had made arrangements to go to Frontier Pie in
Rexburg. My oldest son Jason use to work there 9 years ago said it has good food and my daughter-in-law loved their pies. So I made reservations with the management and confirmed 25 to 30 people. We arrived at the schedule time. They put some of the tables with water but not all. There was only one waitress doing the serving and she took all 30 orders. The manager told me to pick 3 things on the menu so it would be easier for their staff to serve us. Everyone was in agreement only ordering from the 3: 10 oz sirloin steak, chicken fried steak or
Santa Cruz chicken. We had 6 children who ordered off the kids menu. All of us hungry and ready for a wonderful meal.
The waitress delivered some drink orders, which was weird she didn't take any drink orders at our table or the others. In fact my husband had to ask them to bring us more water (which some of the tables like I said never got water in the first place.) The waitress then delivered the soups and some salads and before all the salads were delivered about 5 chicken fried steaks were brought in and then some Santa Cruz Chicken dishes. I thought wow, the food is already coming and some hadn't received our salads yet! And from here on out I must say "ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE....I NEVER SAW SUCH A DISASTER IN ALL MY LIFE AND I HAVE WORKED AS A WAITRESS BEFORE!!!"
IT WAS LIKE A MASS CONFUSION...The waitress would come out with orders of salads and some main course and would yell out who has "steak with baked potatoe well done" or "chicken fried steak with fries" etc. I have never been in a place where she called out the foods no idea where they should go. Then people were getting their food out of order, some plates came out with no side dishes on it like fries or steamed vegetables or baked potatoes and mind you there were still some who had no salad yet while others got their meal first and got their salad last. Things got continually worse to VERY BAD!!! Steaks were not cooked right. They came out under cooked or overcook. My chicken finally came out and it was burn and dry as were others. My baked
potato looked like it was cooked 2 days before the event. I sent it back and told them to forget it since it took over 1 hour or more to get that dish. In fact, a member of the other family was waiting for his steak and the waitress came up to him thinking he sent his steak back and said it should be up in a minute. He said he never sent it back and when he did get it was too done.
Now with all this mess going on, my
grand kids orders were so late!!! They were incrediably patient! It took over an hour to get one hamburger for my grandson and a corn dog for my granddaughter. My youngest grandson also ordered a
corn dog and instead of it coming up with my granddaughters it finally arrived 2 or more hours later. Now I tell ya, just how long does it take to cook a
corn dog? 2 and a half hours? It should of come out with the first one! By the time my grandson got it he was beyond hungry and falling asleep.
The grandparents of the bride sitting with us order a steak medium well and it came out rare. They sent it back and the gentlemen told the waitress they didn't want it back and to get them a chicken fried steak because he didn't think the cook knew how to cook a steak.
It was one wild crazy night lasting 2 and a half hours; and most embarrassing when you trying make a good impression on the other family and make a lovey evening for your son and his bride.
Yes, how long does it take to cook a hot dog? My guess is at Frontier Pies a very, very long time!!! Hate to think how long it would take to get a piece of pie?
