Chatters — Restaurant in Pittsburg

We are here for a conference at the university, and our rule of thumb when traveling is to not eat anything we have at home. So we heard some locals talking about Chatters, looked it up, had decent reviews, and decided to give it a try.

Hostess was super nice and prompt. Got us seated quickly and grabbed our drinks. Our waitress took quite a while to get over to our table and then wasn't all that friendly and only checked onnus once and when she brought our ticket I had to ask for a refill. They may have been short staffed, so that's why I gave service a 4 star. Times are tough, I get it.

But let's talk about the food, because well that's what people are coming for. They have a large menu, which even includes sushi. But we opted for the cauliflower points (it's like garlic bread but made with cauliflower). It's definitely worth a try. It was crispy, cheesy, and suuuper garlicky.

We also had the firehouse burger and fries, the bun was a cheesey bun, the burger was so moist and flavorful, and the best burger in quite a while. Our other entree was the KC Special. It was pastrami burnt ends with beer cheese on a bun... I am not a beer cheese fan at all, but the burnt ends sounded so interesting that I had to try it. It was so good, such a unique sandwich, it paired so well with the beer cheese, I was shocked. And rather than fries, I had the crispy Brussel sprouts. I'm like so picky over Brussel sprouts, sometimes theyare just under seasoned and over cooked. These were perfect! They had a nice crisp, plenty of seasoning with what I believe was a balsamic drizzle. 🤌

The manager/owner (?) Popped over and offered refills, which was nice, and he chatted for a second to make sure everything was good, which was nice.

Overall, we had a good experience, and I would recommend stopping in to try some of their...

Interesting choice, my team of 5 decided on Chatters as the place we'll have lunch. I was intrigued because of the menu.

We started out with two appetizers, Fried Ravioli & Popcorn Shrimp Basket. To be honest the Fried Ravioli wasn't worth ordering. Pretty much flavorless! The menu read stuffed with cheese & jalapenos. I don't think either existed in the ravioli. Had great potential but just didn't deliver.

The Popcorn Shrimp was a step up and we're actually pretty good. The dipping sauce was rather strange - it seemed to be a spicy teriyaki which was okay just not a dipping sauce I expected. Maybe a choice of sauces would be a better option.

Four of the 5 choose burgers and I think everyone truly enjoyed their choice. I chose the KC Special - pastrami burnt ends, w/two 1/4 lb burgers with cheese and a side of Freedom Fries. Two others chose the Heavenly Bacon and the last picked the Mushroom Burger. I think it's fair to say everyone enjoyed their burger.

The lone dissenter felt the need to be on the healthier side and he went with the salmon. He described it as dry and over cooked. Luckily he choose the French Onion soup as a starter and he said it was one of the best soups he's had! Another one in the group also ordered the same and he said it was delicious. I'm mad at myself for not ordering because that is one of my favorites and can't believe I actually passed on it!

Our server was GG and she was very pleasant and she was good at checking in on us to make sure we were doing okay. We enjoyed her waiting on us for our lunch meal.

If we ever make our way to Pittsburg again I think I would definitely try this place again and look at trying other items...

Update 3/10/23: The owner contacted me through Facebook, **ed off because I left a comment about the frozen waffles for brunch. Such a petty response to the truth. They definitely do not deserve business.

We went for brunch on Saturday, 10/15, in the mid-morning. We will not be going back. My hubby ordered a $12.95 sushi roll (I believe it was the dragon tail) and I ordered sausage and waffles (they were serving brunch and their full menu). They got everything out to us timely. The sushi roll was very somber-looking, and the server basically dropped it on the table and ran off immediately. The roll was mainly rice all the way through, very little fish or anything else.

The waffles and sausage initially looked pretty good. The sausage patties looked homemade and the potatoes weren't bad. But then I tried to eat a bite of waffle and immediately noticed these little hard round things in the waffle. They were really noticable and unpleasant. When the waitress stopped by I asked her about them and she seemed startled, so she went to ask her manager. She came back and said the round things were "sugar pearls," and that they don't make their own waffles, they just heat up frozen ones.

EXCUSE ME?!

Waffles are super easy to make, cheap, and don't require a lot of skill. I expect that most full service restaurants (like Chatters) are more than capable of making a waffle. If they're going to skimp on something so easy and just use frozen waffles you can buy at Walmart, what else are they skimping on???

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