This "Restaurant Review TA West Virginia Wheeling" is
a
review of the Country Pride restaurant at the TA (TravelCenters of
America) in
Wheeling, WV,
USA, based upon our
own expectations of what a restaurant that caters to
professional truck drivers of commercial motor vehicles should be like
-- as well as our own preferences in foodstuffs.
This location is also called the Wheeling Travel
Center.
Restaurant Review TA West Virginia Wheeling
Date: 9/9/2010
Location: TA (TravelCenters of
America),
Wheeling, WV, I-70, exit 11
Overall facility: Restaurant Review TA
West Virginia Wheeling
This restaurant was laid
out a little differently from other TA restaurants we've been
in.
There was a hot bar,
salad bar, soup area, case to keep rolls warm and even cereal
dispensers up when we went in for a very late lunch.
Pros: Restaurant Review TA
West Virginia Wheeling
There was plenty of just about
everything on the bars when we came through, in all food areas.
Mike's salad was composed of
lettuce, cherry tomatoes, diced hard boiled egg, shredded cheddar
cheese, French salad dressing, sunflower kernels and chow mein noodles.
Mike had barbeque ribs, mashed
potatoes, and sweet and sour meatballs on boiled and buttered noodles
on his first entrees and sides plate from the hot bar.
He also got a bowl of chicken
noodle soup.
Vicki's salad was composed of
lettuce, cherry tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, diced hard boiled egg,
sunflower kernels and
shredded cheddar cheese.
Vicki had baked chicken,
barbequed beef, turkey and dressing, corn,
carrots, mashed potatoes and boiled, buttered noodles from the hot
bar.
She also got chunks of
cantaloupe and honeydew melon, some chocolate mousse and a warm roll
with butter.
On Mike's second trip to the
hot bar, he got more barbeque ribs, turkey and dressing, and mashed
potatoes with gravy.
Mike got a portion of chocolate
mousse and a dessert that he guessed was an apple cake (sort of like a
spice cake or monkey bread, but with apples).
Our waitress, Tracy, was
friendly and brought our drinks with lemon wedges in a side dish as
Mike
requested. She also brought extra napkins. Our used dishes were whisked
away fairly quickly.
The barbeque ribs had a good
flavor; the smoke flavor and sweetness blended just right.
We both enjoyed the turkey and
dressing dish.
Vicki said that the baked
chicken was so tender that it just about fell apart being lifted onto
her plate.
The mashed potatoes had a
little hint of flavor like garlic that made them taste great.
Vicki noticed that the cooked
carrots were not overcooked but still had some body to them.
Mike
said that the chicken noodle soup had nice chunks of chicken in it, the
broth stayed thick and the noodles were not overcooked. It had a good
flavor and the temperature was just right.
The chocolate mousse was thick,
creamy and very chocolatey, just the way we like it. Yum!
Mike's salad at the Country
Pride Restaurant at the TA in Wheeling, WV.
Mike's first entrees and
sides
plate at the Country Pride Restaurant at the TA in Wheeling, WV.
Vicki's salad at the Country
Pride Restaurant at the TA in Wheeling, WV.
Vicki's entrees and sides
plate at the Country Pride Restaurant at the TA in Wheeling, WV.
Vicki's bowl of fruit, dessert, roll and butter at the Country Pride
Restaurant at the TA in Wheeling, WV.
Mike's bowl of chicken noodle
soup at the Country Pride Restaurant at the TA in Wheeling, WV.
The table contains all of the
dishes we ate at the Country Pride Restaurant at the TA in Wheeling,
WV, except for Mike's second plate and desserts.
Mike's second plate of
entrees and sides at the Country Pride Restaurant at the TA in
Wheeling, WV.
Mike's dessert selections at
the Country Pride Restaurant at the TA in Wheeling, WV.
Cons: Restaurant Review TA
West Virginia Wheeling
Vicki noticed as soon as she
sat down at the table that it was a little tacky to the touch, as
though it had been wiped down but not thoroughly cleaned.
Vicki saw that there were a few
pieces of salad-making vegetables that were a little past their prime,
such as a wrinkled up cherry tomato, on the salad bar.
There was no cottage cheese on
the salad bar.
Although there was a type of
beans on the hot bar, there was not a single hot green vegetable there
(like peas, green beans or broccoli).
We wish that Mike's drink glass
had been re-filled more promptly. Vicki's glass never was re-filled.
Overall grade for this restaurant at
this
facility on a scale of A+ to F- (with A+ being the best, F- being the
worst): B+
