Am Donutts - Baird

We were passing by and thought we'd give it a shot. Located in a quaint 1880 building with high ceilings, the service was very nice. Contrary to some reviews, my chicken fried steak was not tough, nor was it too salty. It was a bit bland, but i like a lot of garlic on mine.. The side salad was big and fresh. The onion rings were a little too greasy. The wife liked her loaded potato and fried shrimp. The tea was good on a hot day. Overall, good, not great. Would I return? Yes.

We decided to stop here for lunch when this restaurant popped up on Google Maps while we were traveling from Fort Worth to Odessa. It's in downtown Baird, Texas just a little off of I-20. East toxins and get to. Was greeted and seated almost immediately by the hostess. Our waitress showed up at the table just a minute later asking about our drinks and dropping off the menus. They offer a pretty good variety for a small diner. She mentioned a special for the day of a 6 ounce ribeye with a half of a baked potato, steamed broccoli, trip to the salad bar, and dessert. We ordered that with sides of green beans and onion rings, cause you gotta try the onion rings, right? The bowls for the salad bar were HUGE! Was a decent bar with fresh choices and what I can only assume were house dressings. Meal came out just as we sat down with our salads. Ribeye and baked potato were small, as we expected for a lunch special, still hot, and well seasoned. Sides were a bit larger and just as tasty. Waitress was friendly, competent, and attentive without hovering, took very good care of us. As we were finishing our meal, she asked if we were ready for desert, two small brownies with ice cream. Was really good. Even with the smaller portions, we still took home quite a bit of food. This appeared to be a family business, with everyone pitching in somewhere. A very pleasant and relaxing meal. We were really hoping to eat at Allen's Family Measl in Sweetwater this trip, but they were closed for vacation. Circa 1880 was a pleasant substitute. Glad we made this choice.

Went here for dinner with my parents. Waitress was nice. I got cheese sticks, fries, a coke, and a cheddar bacon ranch burger. Cheese sticks were spectacular and huge. Fries were handcut and soggy but seasoned well just needs work on the cooking. Burger was huge couldn 't eat it all but delicious. The burger was served on Texas toast instead of a bun and it was very greasy but I loved it. My mum ordered the chicken fried steak. I tried some it was disgusting. Too salty and meat was incredibly tough. Fried okra was good. Dad ordered beer battered fish I tried it and it was great. Dad said the cocktail sauce had an odd clove flavor. As we were leaving my dad complained to the cashier at the front about the chicken fry steak. She had an attitude and said We don 't use salt on any of our food, how could it be overly salty? I do NOT know what she meant by that because almost all food requires salt, even dessert, as it offsets the sweetness. Every good food has salt, everyone with common sense, even a home cook/beginner KNOWS to salt their food. Food was great except the chicken fry steak it is overhyped. Waitress service was nice, except the cashier had an attitude. Would go back here but never getting the chicken fried steak here!

Thursdays are catfish special day and it is beyond outstanding! The chicken fried steak is the best I’ve had anywhere, including Mary’s and The Smokestack! Servers are friendly and very helpful. Just do not be in a hurry, regardless of the time of day, but it is worth the wait! Bring something to read and get ready for some really “good eats”!

Hand cut. Fresh made. All delicious! We stopped coming home from a college football game in Abilene. Easy on and off highway on way back to dfw. Neat old building as well