Lion's Tap: Eden Prairie

#1 posting 5.23.2008
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane

LION'S TAP: Eden Prairie
A couple of firsts today. First it has been a few days since the last real meal posting. Second it was the first time eating at a sit down restaurant. Third I was eating with my parents (we had returned from a Memorial Day trip to our ancestral cemeteries). Fourth it was the first meal in a non-chain restaurant.
The Lion's Tap is mainly known for their burgers and that is what we all ordered.
The timing will totally be different from the drive through places I usually frequent. It will be interesting to compare this sit down compared to other sit downs as the years roll on.

Place: Lion's Tap, 16180 Flying Cloud Drive, Eden Prairie, MN
Date: Friday, May 23, 2008
Meal: Supper
Order: 1/4 pound Cheeseburger with onions, fries, Diet Coke
Total cost: My parents took me out for dinner, so free. My order came to $6.45
Method: dine in
Time entered line: 5:30 pm
From the door to sitting down: 0:25
order time to finish 4:00 to 5:30 (running time from arrival)
Drinks arrived: 6:22
Food arrived: 13:09 (or 6:47 from the drink arrival)
check arrived: 30:26
payment finished: 34:41
left the restaurant 41:00
Insulin dose: 7 (a bit high with a misdiagnosis at lunch)

The restaurant was clean. the bathrooms were extremely clean. They have Cambria quartz in the bathrooms, making it look a little more classy than a regular rest room.
We were surprised with how fast the food arrived. The hamburger bun was not that large.
The service was good with the waitress checking in on us many times asking if everything was fine. It was.
The change of pace and change of place was in marked contrast to the industrial process in the other restaurants. The feel was more relaxed and more family oriented. The place was full when we left.