17516 Dodd Blvd.
Lakeville, MN 55044
952-432-2722
Many of you know about the old and now defunct Copper BleuRestaurant… well, it’s been replaced by Molly Cool’s since about two months ago. Molly Cool, no, not molecule, is the first American female sea captain around 1939, and btw, March is National Women’s History Month, so it fits in, doesn’t it?
Molly Cool’s tavern was a nice experience overall, but I am going to be like a real journalist and tell the whole story, just because I have some time and it was a fun experience.
To begin, I emailed in a reservation and added a request for a table near an electrical outlet to power my medical equipment. When we got there, the hostess hadn’t a clue. She went looking for outlets and didn’t find the three we could see from the hostess stand. Fortunately, the owner or manager came to the rescue within short order. This was a harbinger of what was to come. Every time they messed up something, a back up plan was put into the works pronto. It was actually kind of neat.
We were seated and our waitress was nice, friendly and helpful. She brought us iced tea that she had earlier apologized, saying that it was not finished brewing. Okay, I can wait. She brings out the tea, so strong the straw stood straight up. So she brings along a big glass of ice. Well, I didn’t really come there to make my own tea mix, but okay, I can do that.
The dinners come, and I try a couple of dh’s ribs, for which I had earlier negotiated, saying, order the full slab, I am going to have some, just in case you all think all I do is graze off my dh’s plate and that’s why he’s so thin…so anyway the small ribs were very tasty indeed, but had quite a bit of fat. So, I am thinking to myself, it’s winter and it’s probably impossible to get lean meat this time of year. But then, I thought, hey this beef is prolly from California, or South America or Mexico. Just then the owner or manager came over and asked how the food was tasting and I told him it was good, but fatty. He looks at me and walks away, heads into the kitchen. I hear some loud talking, don’t know why, I’m just sayin’.
So, we eat all the dinner food (see below), all tasting quite good, a little salty, but not too bad, and I forgot to ask for no last minute salt, so my bad. Then, we needed more napkins beside the cloth dish drying towel they give you for a napkin, what with the ribs and all. So, we had to flag down another wait person for that because our waitress disappeared with only a very few guests on board…we went in just after the 4PM opening time. So, once again the back up system worked out well.
Then we were going to ask what they had for dessert, even though we were pretty full of food, we were curious more than anything. Out comes the waitress with a bowl of vanilla ice cream and a bag full of warm state fair donuts, talking about how I complained over the ribs so we got a $6.95 dessert free. OMG! I never had those donuts before, and wow, they are fun to eat!
Below you will find my draft notes, which I rarely ever write down, so I thought you might like to see them. They are actually interesting, so stay with me here.
BBQ Ribs,
Two Crab Cakes with lemon garlic dressing on beautifully wilted shiny green spinach
Mashed Potatoes with chives and garlic and bacon
Iced Tea, too strong, but easily remedied
State Fair donuts, warmed up to perfection
Vanilla Ice Cream
Cole Slaw-fisr time ever seen without too much liquid
French Fries
had to ask for extra napkins
had to ask for straws
the ends of the ribs were very fatty
the service was friendly though loose
the hostess had no glimmer of my request
by email for an outlet, nor did she have
a clue where the outlets were, in plain
sight!
Another ongoing crab I have with waitstaff
is how they ask if everything is alright while
I am chewing and don’t stick around for the
answer. Why ask if you don’t have the time
to wait for the answer? Or wait to approach
the table until a person is done chewing.
Molly’s is darker than Copper, which I approve of
only because I know people would rather be
seen in the dark where you can’t see them
and I believe Copper Bleu went down partly
because it was bright enough to see stuff
in there and some people don’t like that.
See Ya!
