Michael M.

Tami's is in the old location of Bare Shoulder BBQ, a great down home BBQ joint. I had high hopes for Tami's and I will give them a second chance since they are just getting started. When I used to live in Nebraska one of the things I hated about the small town local restaurants were the poor quality of food often over priced coupled with bad service. Add to that the businesses lack of understanding about how to run a business or treat customers. A captive audience with no competition led to bad service and poor quality. In contrast the waitress I had was trying really hard, in fact very hard to please. Way to frequent at the table constantly over apologizing for every little thing even when there was no reason. However, Tami may be a great person, if she could only get rid of her rude hanging out friends! (update) the rude people may not have been the owners friends but they were hanging out the entire time, acting rudely, loud and unruly while staring down people coming in as if they owned the place. The restuarant had several very loud friends hanging around the rear of the dining room. They stared down every customer as if we were invading thier private club. They let their kid run around and yell and Tami came out several times and never did anything about it. The male at the table was sprawled out in the middle of the floor on his chair blocking the room (toward the back) and talking loudly on his phone. The woman was gossiping at full volume and although I was across the room I did not miss a thing. My waitress realized how bad they looked and clearly made eye contact when they were staring at me, an interloper who dared to wander in to try Tami's food. Making Hmhp noises and faces at me for being there, a stranger! I can put up with a lot of stuff so I ignored them and ordered and my salad which was super basic but tasty and fresh. The Ranch dressing was garlicky which I love. The silverware could use a better washing, but this is typical small town, it could have been better but why bother, they are just cooking for family and neighbors. Its this kind of lax attitude that causes these places to fail after a year. It's a shame because the location is good and the many giant warehouses down the street are itching for places to eat. You could have a gold mine if you just treated people better including asking your friends to hang out somewhere else. I had a great piece of crispy cod (Tami says it was catfish, but the waitress insisted it was cod) that was perfectly cooked! Plain on the plate, no effort at presentation which was called for considering the meal was $15.00 for lunch with the salad, drink and tip. For that kind of money I expect a little more polish. I would go back for the fish, it was not greasy and perfectly prepared but if your going to charge like your in downtown Lousiville you better get rid of the riffraff and clean the silverware. As I said I'll give Tami's a second shot but if they fail again I won't be back or recommend you to my coworkers. UPDATE - I have been back, had good service and again good well prepared food. I hope Tami reads this and takes her place up a notch with a better dining room experience (send your friends and family home). Work on the plate presentation or lower the prices to align with the simple unadorned plate. Train your wait staff to lower the enthusiasm a bit but keep the great smiles and friendly service.