Thursday, March 12, 2009

Jack's Tapas Cafe [9.5]

"I don't know who Jack is, I don't know what "tapas" means, and I don't think it's even a cafe." - Mike McEvoy

Jack's is at 52nd and the Ave. Mike had high hopes. They had a newspaper clipping from The Seattle Times saying that they got a good review. Sounds good enough, right? No.

Mike ordered the General Tsao's chicken. Unfortunately when Mike recieved his meal he was not aware that he had ordered from the menu for ants. Basically, what makes this General Tsao's different from other General Tsao's is that this one could barely feed a newborn koala. The second he saw his meal, Mike immediately started thinking about what else he would have to order to suppliment his meal. Mike is going to go on the record and say, "This is by far one of the worst value I have seen on the Ave." Anyways, he ended up getting a side of white rice. (Sidenote: Something about Jack's made mike cough every time he took a bite. Who knows what it is, but watch out.)

Bottom Line: This will explain Jacks: When Mike and his party sat down, the vacated table next to them was covered with beef chunks and dirty napkins that didn't get cleaned up the entire time they were eating there.

Value: 1.5
Taste: 4
Intangibles: 4

Total Score: 9.5 out of 30

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Wow. I went to this place twice when I moved to the U-District 3.5 years ago, and the place just opened up.

The portions were huge, like a full lunch the next day size. The price was a little more than most places, but not once you factor in your lunch tomorrow as well. I never got a change to go back there as it's a little out of the way for me, but the place used to be really good.