Dayton, Tennessee – home of the famous Scopes Monkey
Trial
Dayton is a nice little town to
visit and while you are there check out Jacob Myers Restaurant on the
River. I found this restaurant through a
search and I’ve heard good things about it from many people.
Needless to say we had to check it out.
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| As you can see, the building is rather plain but there is a sign at the road indicating Jacob Myers |
My husband and I went a week ago and arrived at 4:00 pm on
the button. They were so not-busy it
wasn’t funny. There was only one other
table (two people) in the dining area where we were seated and one table at an
adjoining dining area.
Not only were we seated instantly, we got our sodas
within a minute after ordering them. Our
sever was very attentive and he had a good personality and was very helpful.
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| Nice big menu |
My husband ordered the fried shrimp dinner which comes
with fries, hush puppies and slaw. It
did come with far too many fries but only six shrimp. He also said the fries could have been a
little hotter but he still ate them. The slaw had what my husband described as
‘a kick’ to it. He thinks they had a
little horseradish in it, which he enjoyed.
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| I am hungry just looking at this photo |
I had the sirloin steak, baked potato and a small dinner
salad. Their entrées comes with two
sides and a dinner role. I asked for
French dressing, but they don’t have it, so I had to take honey mustard which
was very good. I ordered my steak medium
rare and that was exactly how it was served.
I had asked about spices and was told it would just have salt and
pepper, which was true. It did have
enough pepper to last me a week. Next
time I would ask them to cut back on the pepper.
I did ask about what was in the display cabinet of goodies near the front door – and was
told they have several kinds of cheesecake and a variety of cookies plus some
type of pudding cake. Since nothing
sounded good to me, and I was full, I took a pass on the sweets.
Our server did bring us each a fresh soda before we
finished what we had. For me that is a
waste since one is far more than enough.
I would prefer they ask if I would like a refill.
My only other
complaint had nothing to do with the restaurant, the food or the service. It was about the other two customers in our
section. There was man and a younger
girl who I assume was his daughter. From
the second they sat down until the second they left he was on the phone. Not only was he on the phone, he talked at
full volume. We could hear every word
and to me that is very annoying. I don’t
care about anyone’s business but my own when I’m out to dinner.
It got to the point that I was going to ask our server to
talk to him. He did finally put the
phone away, but only because they were leaving.
He had no common sense or common courtesy but that’s not the
restaurant’s fault.
Will we go back to Jacob Myers Restaurant on the River?
Most certainly. If I have the
sirloin steak again I would ask that they hold the pepper.
If you aren't sure what the Scopes Monkey Trial was you can read about it here.
For more information on Jacob Myers Restaurant on the River read about it here.
For more information on Jacob Myers Restaurant on the River read about it here.
Photos belong to AbbyG
