Frenchie's Dips and Tots — Restaurant in Albuquerque

So your back's backed up against the wall.. And the bandwagon's fallin' right off.. And you're hearin' all the talk about, "Maybe you should think about.. What you're gonna do if it don't work out".. So, if you got a fire, don't lose it If you got a do-or-die dream, do it.. If you got somethin' to prove, go on and prove it.. Don't let nobody clip your wings..:) After walkin the beautiful "New Trail" from Old Town to Sawmill we stopped in for Lunchtime.. Our initial plan was halted when an Eatery there was closed... Our Backup Plan, was spot-on, at "Frenchies Dips and Tots". We shared the " Hatch Dip" Sandwich of.. "Prime Rib, Herbed Beef Bone Au Jus, Hatch Green Chile Salsa w/ White Cheddar".. Each bite was nicely cooked juicy delish. From the generous helpin of sliced prime rib, to the nice kick of green chile to the flavourful Au Good Jus. This Ju was smitten.. We washed our grub down, with beers from the next door Paxton's Taproom. Yes, Frenchie's was the perfect backup plan..:) Keep your head down, keep on the blinders Tune out the doubters and all the closed minders.. If it's in your blood, fallin' down ain't enough.. To change who you were born to be.. Gettin' back up, that's the only backup plan you need Yeah, gettin' back up, that's the only backup plan you...

At $30 for 1 sandwich, tots, a 7.5oz can of Coke, after tax and tip, I can't recommend it. The pictures of rare roast beef smothered in creamy horseradish sauce presented on the website are pretty misleading.

The Original ($16) is roughly the same amount of food as an Arby's Beef n' Cheddar, and the roast beef was cooked to the same well-done temp. There was a bit of horseradish sauce spread on the roll that wasn't noticeable in every bite.. The meat was tender and the bread wasn't bad, but most of the flavor came from the au jus.

The tots ($5.50) were a generous portion of your typical frozen supermarket tots that were fried crispy but were under-seasoned.

The baby can of Coke ($2.50) was good for 3 sips.

To their credit, they did give you a large portion of the au jus which was quite good.

It's a shame the food didn't match the website pictures because those sandwiches...

So, the guy who helped me suffers from the same problem this whole next generation suffers from, meaning he couldn’t give a crap whether I got a good meal and good service or not.

I had the truffle dip with a side of tots, and that meal was $25 with a tip he most definitely didn’t deserve with the attitude wafting off him.

The French dip sandwich itself wasn’t worth half that price. It was small, and even at that, I barely ate half of it. The meat was…off… That’s best way I can describe it. It just tasted off… Odd, and suspect.

We bought meals from several other places in the Sawmill to sample other available alternatives, and I’m glad we did, because this place was a bust.

Definitely not giving them another chance. Trust me, you have many other viable food options inside the Sawmill....