The Taylor County Taphouse (TCT) is a semi regular place for us mostly because our experiences seem to waiver between fair and decent. Tonight was one of those nights we wish we could erase.

TLDR: extremely greasy burgers and a subpar oyster presentation leaves me concerned about the quality of the food at TCT. The service, fortunately, was awesome and much appreciated. Nice beer selection too.

Before I say anything else, our server Aaron was great. He was very attentive and took good care of us. Nothing about our experience was in his control.

TCT serves raw oysters flown in fresh from wherever they are sourced. These are a real treat here in the middle of West Texas. The issue is they serve them with roughly 4oz of prepared horseradish, an equal amount of cocktail sauce, your choice of hot sauce, and a bucket of saltines. Good grief! You might as well serve smoked oysters from a can! If you eat that much horseradish on a dozen oysters, your eating very expensive horseradish. Anyone heard of mignonette?

The burgers took the cake tonight though. I can handle a semi-greasy burger patty, but these were way past that. Not only were both my wife's and my burger dripping grease (and I'm not confusing it with juice here), our lettuce was greasy! The "rings of Saturn" red onion rings were greasy. There was Mayo oozing out of the soggy bottom bun. Honestly, my stomach still rolls thinking about that gut bomb. I cannot recommend the burger at TCT.

It will probably take some time to work my nerve up to go back which is a shame because TCT did a really great Octoberfest last year. I'll be torn to miss it this year, but scared of what to expect considering this most recent visit on a Friday night.

Beer selection at TCT is pretty decent, and I was pleasantly surprised to see Avery Maharaja on tap. If you're thirsty and not too hungry, it may be worth a stop. YMMV