Molly's Follies

My cache of Groupons (www.groupon.com) and Groupon-knockoffs SaucyHotDeal coupons(saucyhotdeals.com) was growing and growing without redemption. Friday night, it was time to cash in and try a new restaurant.

I had been to Molly's before (coincidentally, with Tim long before we were dating), back when they were known mainly as a hang-out for twenty-somethings with make-out cabanas and fire pits. A few years back they bought out their neighbor, Norton's, and took on a major expansion of their patio and menu. The menu is NOLA-centric, as are all of the menus in Soulard, with typical sandwiches such as muffaletta, Po'Boy, etc, and entrees like etoufee and jambalaya.

I was eyeing both the app of fried green tomatoes and bbq shrimp, although more South Carolina than Lousiana, and the oyster po'boy. Tim always prefers peel-n-eats, but he acquiesced and we ordered the FGTs. I thought it was quite tasty, but Tim was "eh." FGTs-the food and the movie-are both an acquired taste, I suppose, but I was pleased with the dish and that I got to try the oyster po'boy as my entree. I was plowing along with the flash-fried oysters, crunchy french bread, and remoulade when BOOM! BAD OYSTER! Now if you've ever had a bad oyster, or should I say if you live in the Midwest and you eat oysters at all, this is just the worst. It's like enjoying your grapes and that bad one comes along and you don't buy grapes for a year. But worse. Tons worse. I was only half way through my sandwich and I wanted to stop then and there. But I soldiered on through two more oysters without incident. But oh, the bad oyster.

Tim ordered the creole burger, a regular burger topped with a crawfish concoction that looked somewhat like etouffe minus the rice. He said it was utterly disappointing. I wasn't interested in eating a burger, and after he said it wasn't great, I took his word for it. He said the burger itself had zero seasoning in it (ooo! Tim becomes an unabashed food critic!) and the creole topping was bland as well.

No more Molly's for us. Broadway Oyster Bar, here we come.

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