Never Stop Eating: Village Inn (2501 E. Lohman)
Now normally we don’t do food chains in this blog, but we here at neverstop feel that Village Inn deserves an exception for its legendary Chicken Fried Steak Skillet.
The evening started off with a viewing of Star Trek at the local theater. As we have previously blogged about it was amazing but I’ll get to the point. We arrived at about 12:30 AM to the village in on Lohman in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
When we arrived we were promptly greeted and seated by a friendly hostess. The atmosphere was pretty typical for Village Inn on a Wednesday night, mostly college kids enjoying food and conversation.
When asked what to order I knew that I was destined for the mythical Chicken Fried Steak Skillet.
My and the guest both received our food within 10 (a major plus), and I was definitely not disappointed. The Chicken Fired Steak Skillet was and always has been a flawless mashing of flavors. Something about the combination of chicken fried steak, potatoes, onions, eggs, and gravy has always done it for me. My fellow bloggers agree about this as well. However, there is an ongoing debate about how the eggs on the skillet should be cooked. I am a devout advocate of ordering the eggs scrambled. The reason being that I think that the flavor of the gravy is better untarnished by the mixing of egg yolks. This debate can go on forever though so I should leave it for a different blog post on a different day. Another feature of the skillet that I would like to mention is that It is served with your choice of toast or pancakes. I’ve always been partial to the pancakes as its a good dessert after I have consumed the skillet.
The service was good as well. As soon as we sat down we had a friendly waitress ask us what drinks we wanted, and as soon as our drinks looked like they were getting empty she brought us new cups filled with our beverages of choice.
Overall my ratings are:
Chicken Fried Skillet +++++++++ 9/10 (Would give it to a ten but OZ & RY have insisted that a ten is sacred)
Service ++++++++ 8/10 (She was an amazing waitress with all the right moves)
Atmosphere ++++++ 6/10 (The atmosphere at Village Inn was nothing special same as any other Village Inn)
Overall ++++++++ 8/10 (You just can’t not like the Chicken Fried Steak Skillet)
>MT
