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Pleasantly surprised. I was skeptical, but all of the food was fresh and delicious. the goat cheese is to die for.…
Grace
The Hollar
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The goat cheese salad was incredible! amazing goat cheese.…
Andrea
The Hollar
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Wow. We came upon this place by accident & we keep coming back. My lady friend & i stopped for lunch & perused the menu. I was skeptical about grits s…
Big Al
The Hollar
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4 Reviews on “The Hollar”
Pleasantly surprised. I was skeptical, but all of the food was fresh and delicious. the goat cheese is to die for.
The goat cheese salad was incredible! amazing goat cheese.
Wow. We came upon this place by accident & we keep coming back. My lady friend & i stopped for lunch & perused the menu. I was skeptical about grits since I never had them done well. The cheese grits here are outstanding as are the fried green tomatoes. The chef also has a knack for ccoking shrimp since they are never over or undercooked. Josh the chef/owner is a state treasure. We often drive in from Albuquerque just tohave lunch here.
When the chef’s away…… The Sunday brunch is canceled, apparently. We went to The Hollar after reading several good reviews, perusing the brunch menu and in conjunction with a pleasant Sunday drive and a visit to Tinkertown.The outside dining area is nice, several tables, many with umbrellas, surrounded by a rustic wood fence. Funky benches surrounded two sides of our table, and were set high enough that our two kids could reach the high table. Two problems with eating outside…an abundance of flies ( not the fault of the restaurant ) and several close tables occupied by smokers ( so much for NM’s smoking ban ) with very colorful vocabularies. This is normally not the fault of the restaurant, but when most of these swearing smokers got up and proceeded to get to work as waitstaff, it became apparent that the smoking ban is not enforced here and that, although they have children’s menus, it’s not an appropriate place to take kids unless you want them to develop the vocabulary of sailors.Despite the brunch being unavailable ( although whoever was in the kitchen could cook other things, apparently ) we found several things on the lunch menu that sounded good.After ordering drinks, we began with a starter of fried pickles. These were fantastic…lightly breaded, not too greasy or salty, and served with a ranch style dipping sauce.Lunch arrived. Fried chicken and grits with asparagus. It made for a lovely plate. Unfortunately, it was incredibly over-salted, the grits portion was ridiculously large and tasted a bit doughy, and the chicken was unevenly cooked.The waiter never asked us if we wanted dessert, he never offered drink refills and he took an agonizing long time to bring the check ( during this time the bar area became occupied with more smokers )I know we definitely picked the wrong Sunday to visit, I just don’t know if there’s reason to come back again…