Went to Shorty's today. Ordered the FUEGO TOT OF THE MOMENT as an appetizer and the ROYALE WITH CHEESE with fries.

The food was less than impressive.

Given that the "Tot of the moment" states "Hector’s everchanging Fuego Tater Tot creation. Always a crowd favorite. Ask your server what Hector is cooking today!" I figured maybe it was something different everyday, so I asked out waitstaff what it was and all I got for an answer was "It's spicy tater tots". After that brief explanation I was expecting some elevated type tater tot with some spices in them making them special. What they turned out to be was a dish of tater tots with mozzarella, blue cheese and buffalo sauce poured on top of them. Not tater tots tossed in buffalo sauce then cooked. it was all just on top before they were cooked, and for the most part the buffalo sauce was only on half the dish.

As for the burger, it was supposed to be "An “Old Time” burger with American cheese, Applewood bacon, lettuce, tomato, crispy onions, and special sauce". There was no sauce on it as far as I could tell and the "crispy onions" (also called onion straws in some places, for clarification) were about as crispy as a sea cucumber. They looked and tasted like they were a couple of days old and had been microwaved shortly before serving.

I will say that I did like the fires. They had that coating on them that Burger King fries do and I like. They could have been cooked a little longer I think but that is more of a personal preference. Other than the poor description of the tots, I felt our waitstaff was polite and attentive. Basically it felt like the place was tired and trying to keep up with the times but failing, perhaps their menu is too large to keep up with because the cook staff clearly can't keep up or just don't really care anymore.