Circle 7 Ranch-Ballwin-9/30/22

 This was a place we had driven by many times but never gone in.  It is in the same plaza as Mia Sorella Italian Restaurant. They are both on Clayton Road just west of 141.  

So, the unique thing about Circle 7 is that they actually have beer taps at about a dozen of the tables/booths and you can pour your own beer and they charge you by the ounce.  That was not a big draw for Mike.  We were just looking to try someplace new that had some typical bar food.

We used the "wait in line" feature on the Yelp app.  It actually monitor's with GPS where you are. You can't even sign up on their waiting list until you are within 10 miles of the restaurant.  When we arrived, we still had a 5ish minute wait.  

There are a lot of BIG tables in the place.  They would seat 6-8 easily and most of them have 2 people at them and no one seems to be using the beer taps at the table.  Some people have beer, some people have cocktails, some people are just drinking water.  Pretty typical.  The huge tables that are mostly unfilled is a huge waste of space.

We were seated more near the back of the restaurant.  The tables back there were still mostly for 6-8 people, but they did seat us at a table for 4.  

It was happy hour, so we each started with the special drink of the day...a Long Island Iced Tea.  Mike didn't like it at all.  He said it tasted too much like lemonade.  It was different, but I didn't think it was bad.  Mike switched to beer.  We ordered some prezels and cheese off the happy hour "snacks" list.  They were warm, they had been brushed with butter (which made them a little greasy).  The cheese was warm and it was good...it was a nicer cheese than the one out of the big nacho cheese can from SAMS CLUB.

For dinner I ordered a shrimp po boy sandwich and fries.  I was going to get a side of fruit but the fruit was just grapes (boring). So, Mike asked if the fries were good, the waitress recommended them.  I don't know why...they were nothing special.  No especially good taste.  The sandwich was popcorn shrimp (that was over done and dry) on a bun with lettuce and a remoulade sauce that was supposed to be spicy by wasn't.  It was a disappointing sandwich.  

Mike ordered the fish and french fries.  He agreed with me that the french fries were lackluster.  But he said the fish was good.  It was cod and it was in big pieces, so it was not dry or over cooked.  He said the cole slaw was yucky and that the tarter sauce they made homemade was overly salty and it made the fish too salty.  

They do have all kinds of other things on the menu...like a whole bunch of burgers.  I would be willing to try the fish.  

I'm not going to write of this place, yet.  We may return...but I doubt we ever do the tap beer at our table.  That is a weird concept.