Sawbucks. Twice in One Day.

Sawbucks. You pass it on Highway 5 on the way to Greers Ferry Lake, and you have always wanted to stop in. 
So stop in. Your full belly can thank me later.

This is a restaurant that you can come as you are. The atmosphere is cozy and welcoming where you can kick back and relax and not have to worry about what fork to use. You only get one.

 

My first stop for Sawbucks was for breakfast. My friend, Tina from Flamingos and Butterflies, and I were going up to school to plan, and we thought that if we had a hardy breakfast first thing in the morning, we wouldn't have to stop for lunch. My husband and I already had dinner plans to go to Sawbucks, so that's how I ended up there for a second time. Don't judge me....you will understand once you go there.

For breakfast I had biscuit and gravy. I can comfortably call myself a Biscuit and Gravy Specialist/Professional/Snob/Extremist/Obsesser. Anywhere and everywhere I go, I HAVE to get the biscuit and gravy. 

I even go out of my way to stay at Holiday Inn Expresses when I am out of town. They have the best hotel biscuit and gravy, but that is another post for another day.  

I have a problem.... yet I am okay with it.

The biscuits are what really made this dish. After I studied the height of those things, I crumbled the little patty of sausage over the gravy to add some more country goodness. My first bite I instantly noticed that the biscuits were light, fluffy, and perfectly golden brown. There was just the right amount of gravy on top ensuring that you never had a dry piece of biscuit. The gravy was smooth and milky with just enough flavor. I added a dusting of pepper because quite frankly, gravy can never have too much black pepper. Not the fancy cracked black pepper, but the good ole black dust from the shaker. Their biscuit and gravy passed my snobbish taste buds.

ROUND TWO

Anytime you go to Sawbucks for dinner, you have to get the BBQ Nachos for an appetizer. I have always thought that the BBQ Nacho concept was gross and that BBQ did not belong on nachos, but Sawbucks has changed me. It changed Rustin, my sorority sister Taylor, my dad, and many others. It will change you too. 

We sat down and looked through the menu, even though we get the same thing, and panicked for a second. They had gotten new menus and there was not an appetizer section. We just about got up and left, but our waitress eased our anxiety and told us they still had the nachos and that they will be adding an appetizer insert soon. Whew...that was close. 

We ordered the BBQ nachos and a Sawbucks Cheeseburger. The nachos are so filling we now split a cheeseburger to make sure no food goes to waste. 

There they are.....the BBQ nachos. The thing I crave the most and make me demand Sawbucks.  The base of this appetizer is the tortilla chips. You know, the kind that they serve at the ballpark with the cheese from a bag. They have the perfect amount of salt on them to balance out the sweetness from the BBQ sauce. (If you can't tell, I am a salty kind of girl. I prefer salt over any sweet dessert). The pork has been smoking on the grill outside the restaurant. You can see it from the road with smoke pouring out. The BBQ sauce is sweet, but if you want a little kick with your bite, just place a jalapeno on it. Rustin and I always fight for these. For nachos to be nachos there needs to be cheese. This cheese is more of a sauce than a dip. It is not the main player on the nachos. The pork and the sauce are the major stars making it so filling.

To be honest, the cheeseburger is like my stepdish. I do not put as much love and attention to it as I do the nachos. Don't get me wrong, the cheeseburger is good! We order it quite often. The beef patty is grilled on the flattop, so there is a perfect amount of crisp on the beef making the center moist and flavorful. The buttery bun is also grilled on the flattop to withstand the burger and ensuring that it will not fall apart and get soggy...I hate when that happens. 

Well, that concluded our meal. No room for dessert. No leftovers. Full belly.

So there you have it. Sawbucks. Twice in One Day. You will probably not see me go to another restaurant two times in one day, but I never say never.