Chile's in St. Peters 2-14-2020

We came here for their "Valentine's Day Special" and came to find out it was just their normal 2 for $25 special.  Which is kind of nice because we thought it was a pretty good deal and it is nice to know we can come back and get it any time.  We haven't been to Chile's in a pretty long time. 

The place was busy as it was 6 p.m. on Valentine's Day.  We were told we'd have a 30 minute wait.  We went to the bar.  They have a different $5 margarita special every month.  This month was "Heart's on Fire" margarita.  I didn't know if I'd like it, as it is made with Fireball and would have a cinnamon taste.  But I'm cheap, so for $5, I tried it.  It was good.  It still had that sour margarita taste with the added cinnamon taste.  Definitely worth $5. 

So, for this 2 for $25 deal you get your choice of an appetizer to split or 2 salads.  We decided on chips and salsa.  Then I got a Mango Chile Chicken dinner and Mike got a sirloin with broccoli and fries.  For a couple bucks extra he decided to "load" his fries.  This makes the fries much bigger and they are covered in cheese, bacon and jalepenos. 

First let me say that we miss the chips and salsa at Chevy's.  We like those thin chips with a spicy salsa.  Chile's has them.  We enjoyed the chips and salsa.

My chicken was REALLY good.  The mango salsa was spicy and refreshing all at the same time and the chicken was not dry at all, which is surprising.  I think chicken is one of the most bland proteins (like tofu) and you really need to do something good with it.  This was good. 

Mike's sirloin was just a little overcooked.  He asked for it medium rare and by the time it got to us, it was probably medium well.  When the server came back to check, he told her and she totally would have gone and gotten him a whole other steak.  He said no...he didn't want to be THAT guy, but it was nice to see how accommodating they were.  His loaded fries were so big that it ended up he couldn't finish them! 

Our deal also came with a dessert.  The menu said our choices were warm chocolate chip cookie in a pan or cheesecake. But our server told us we could share ANY dessert...even the molten lava chocolate cake with ice cream.  This is what we got.  I only ate about 4 bites because it was REALLY sweet.  Mike was able to finish it! 

The server was super nice and attentive.  Like I said, it has been a long time since I'd been to a Chile's but the fact that we almost got too much food and spent under $46 with our bar tab and tax and tip...that's a pretty good deal.