Daring Dining with Tyler - Part 2

Well at least Mommy is a quick learner.

After the last restaurant experience that left Grandma and Grandpa drinking heavily and Mommy wanting to drive a fork through her forehead, I thought I would never see the inside of a restaurant again. Mommy is a brave one though and by-god, she is not a quitter! So, when Grandma and Grandpa asked Mommy if she wanted to go to Braxton's Mommy, after a long day at work, let her guard down and said yes.

Now, for those of you who are not familiar with the Oakbrook area where Mommy works, I will have you know that Braxton's is not some kid-friendly joint (or so I thought) like TGI Friday's. No, this bad-boy of a restaurant is a fancy seafood one. Yes sirree Bob you read that correctly. After the last restaurant where I was completely nuts, the Jones contingent of the family took me to a fancy restaurant. What are they thinking you ask? Well, anyone who knows the Jones's can answer that. They laugh in the face of fear and take on the unthinkable without skipping a beat. I do have to admit Grandpa looked a little on edge when he sat at the table but he was calm...like a man on death row that has accepted his fate as he walks toward the electric chair.

So anyway, I digress. It turns out that Braxton's is kid-friendly! This awesome restaurant has now shot to the top of my must eat at list for all of you 2.5 restaurant connoisseurs out there. Here is the list of things that make this restaurant awesome:

1.) They have huge fish in a tank when you walk in and it was so cool. I think I said "Nemo" about a million times I was so excited.
2.) They seated us away from innocent pedestrian diners-good move!
3.) As soon as we sat down they brought over those warm yummy buttery biscuits - no waiting, no drumming the nails on the table just bam! sit and the biscuits were there. Awesome.
4.) By the time I took a bite out of that heaven sent biscuit the nice waiter lady who Mommy called Amazing, came over with oyster crackers in hand and ice water in a cup with a lid and a straw.
5.) Holy quick service Batman! Wow were they quick getting that food out. It was like super speedy gonzalez food service.
6.) Ok, I ate those yummy biscuits like candy and Mommy brought an orange so I wasn't into the grilled cheese and fries but they looked really good and Mommy and Grandma taste tested it and they said it was really good. I ate all of the ketchup on the side and we wrapped up the rest for Daddy. Oh! and the waitress lady who is named Amazing drew a fish on the top of the take out package! Nemo everywhere!!!
7.) Ok, now for the big topper, the icing on the cake, the highlight of the week - they brought me vanilla ice cream inside a caramel shaped cup (Mommy called it a tuile) with chocolate sauce drizzled on the plate. Holy heaven with Elmo on top it was like Christmas came early. Mommy said she had not seen me this quiet since I was in her tummy.
8.) Swift as a bat, the waitress named Amazing had our check to us and we were ready to hit the road by the time I polished off that ice cream. Grandpa gave the waitress a big tip for being so super-awesome and nice.

So there you have it. Braxton's is the way to go if you are looking for the ultimate yummy biscuit restaurant that gives pint sized cuties like myself lots of ice cream and has a waitress named Amazing. That, my friends, is what I call fine dining.

This is the T-Man signing off and reminding you that your enjoyable dining experience will happen someday too. Just bring lots of yummies and for Pete's sake, get some of those biscuits and that waitress named Amazing.