Had Famous Daves for the first time today and I must say it was wonderful.
Service was great - my food was out at lightning speed! I wasn't counting the minutes, but I'd say I was actually eating my food within 5-10 minutes of walking through the door. I suggest going in the afternoon to avoid the dinner crowd and hopefully have your food brought to you as quickly as they brought mine out.
For the main course, I had the rib tips. The meat was excellent for the price - tender, juicy, and the sauce was excellent.
For the two side dishes, I chose the jalapeno mac-n-cheese and the garlic mashed potatoes. The mac was awesome - the jalapenos give it a perfect little kick and it wasn't bland like the mac at most other places. The garlic potatoes were good and complimented the meat nicely - nice and creamy with a good garlic taste.
The meal also comes with corn-on-the-cob and a cornbread muffin. The corn-on-the-cob was done well - so juicy that it squirted in my eye when I bit into it!
The cornbread muffin wasn't anything special - tasted pretty much like every other cornbread muffin I've ever eaten. Both of them had me wishing there was some butter around.
Overall, the meat and the mac were the two things that really stood out and they are the reason I would be happy to return there for another meal. I left full and quite satisfied.
The portions were large enough that I had leftovers, so I brought them home in a to-go box and will be enjoying a decent-sized meal of it later as well.
I know you guys love pics and so do I, so I took a pic for you guys. Cornbread muffin not pictured - use your imagination as to what a cornbread muffin might look like.