Microgump: Lunch It Is!--Lunch It Was?

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Today, the poster who is currently in self-imposed exile and I acted on a little bit of whimsy and hit up Lunch Is It!--"Where everyone has a wonderful day!" Very little was wonderful about this visit.

Problem #1--We went upon the recommendation of a non-LITG member. "Dude you're gonna tottally dig this place, it's like a meat and three and crusty and stuff." Why this "friend" thought that recommendation would appeal to the LITG member is beyond me...for real...no joke. He got the meat and three and crusty parts spot on. "Digging" this place is another story. Moral of that story: don't trust anyone outside of your circle of trusted allies, unless you are in The Departed , then the only person you can trust is Marky Mark.

Problem#2--Location. Near Mo' Money Taxes, Diaz Auto Repair, and Stonehenge Apartments, Lunch Is It! has major location issues over on the Lower Wetumpka Highway. Here's your Google Street View. Lunch Is It! apparently used to be known as "Country Gal's" (Upgrade?). I don't know if my companion was comfortable parking his new whip in the tiny parking lot.

Problem#3--Staff. Upon entering, it was clear that Lunch Is It! is really trying to amp up the "wonderful!(!)" with its staff. It is wonderful, if you're idea of wonderful is having every sentence directed at you end in "sugar," "babe," or "darlin'". This ain't Hooters! There is no need to pander to my obvious self esteem issues! I'm writing on a BLOG!

Related problem: Nosy proprieter. I tried to take a photo of the place on my fancy cameraphone while out in the parking lot. Come settling up time, Sadie or Sandie or Lucie (it ended in "ie"--COUNTRY GAL!) lets out in rapid fashion: "First time here? Lak the food? Why'd you try to take a pitcher out there?" Flummoxed, my brain reeled: "She's on to you man, she knows about the blog! LITG IS COMPROMISED!"Then my brain relaxed, "Blogs are probably not this lady's thing." So I just said what popped into my head: "I take a record of everywhere I eat lunch so I can remember it." Deflected! No followup! LITG is saved. I am James Bond.

There's no photo at the top because I couldn't get my cameraphone to work. Big promise...no delivery. Sad trombone...

Problem#4--The Food. I wouldn't call it bad, but then I wouldn't call it good either. The cheese powder used for the maccaroni and cheese was obviously radioactive. (True Story*--Lunch Is It! has no electric lights. There are just clumps of the mac and cheese on the wall).

Friday's Special--Lambchops

The Fried Pork Chop was dangerously thin. Someone needed to give that pig a steak. Green beans and mashed potatos and gravy were passable. The cornbread square was actually pretty good. Fluffy, not burned, and tasty. For some reason, I got desert. It was a microwaved brownie with a golf-ball sized ice cream blob. They were kind enough to squirt Hereshey's syrup in a wavy pattern on my bowl. I didn't realize that presentation was such a priority. The Poster who shall not be named bagged strawberry shortcake. He was not impressed

Problem#5--Price--$11 bucks with tip was a bit much for this fare. You could spend the same at Derk's (probably without desert) and get much bigger portions, more taste, and a better location.

Grade: 2.0 out of 5 skinny porkchops. Wonderful! as-advertised? Negative. Cornbread saved Lunch Is It! from failing this poster's high standards.

*Not true