Still crazy after all these years... that there are still so many empty store/restaurant/shops whatever spaces in Brownwood.

What would have made a downtown a vibrant and wonderful place to visit instead is just a tribute to stubborn greed.

Not disappointed
 

Well, time will tell with this new restaurant. I am not disappointed with the Blue Fin the half dozen times we have been there. You can get a “bad” meal anywhere occasionally and also poor service. That is especially so today, but it suffices to say that the restaurant business is perhaps the “toughest” business to be in today.

Or, since Brownwood is just 2-3 years old, with a full year of pandemic shutdown in there, maybe businesses were just a tad hesitant to invest...

Brownwood opened in 2012 which is 9 years ago.

I don’t understand how Bluefin can be good and Bonifay/evans prairie not so good to be polite. It’s the same ownership yet no consistency in food among the restaurants. Should be interesting to see how the new one turns out

:what:

Like others have said something more exciting should go in the center. I thought the restaurant in fenney would be good but my veal Marsala tasted like stir fry Chinese sauce dish with semi hard squash passing as fresh organic. Very disappointed. I figure this is just another bar with ok food.

I am always interested in those with “refined palates”. I have heard people described, glowingly, as being “hard to please”. Well, it seems to me that hard to please means you are spending much of your life displeased. My mother, God bless her soul, was a person who was easily pleased, and celebrated almost every meal, restaurant or home cooked as DELICIOUS. I guess observing her joy of dining influenced me, as I too generally find a way to enjoy most any meal. Yes, some are better than others, due to preparation, seasoning and/or ingredients, but I usually find them enjoyable, whether it is a tenderloin sandwich at a diner or a dry aged ribeye at Morton’s. I remember once my wife and I were in Maui enjoying our fourth “gourmet meal” at the Ritz Carlton at a company outing, when we both agreed we really craved a cheeseburger and fries from our local beanery at that moment. I am happily “easily pleased”, and thus enjoy almost every dining experience, and if that makes me unsophisticated I plead guilty. BTW, I find the fish and chips at Bonifay delightful.

my take on the TV restaurant problems is that we a community with champagne tastes and a beer pocket book.

(a quote from my Dad)

Just Sayin'

"we both agreed we really craved a cheeseburger and fries from our local beanery".

Loman's Cafe? :)

Well it’s Family Traditions now. We actually have a couple good newer restaurants if you’re in town - Aroma Bistro, and Humphrey’s.

They did have a good cheeseburger. We also enjoyed the food at KoZak's. Been gone for several years, assume it's still there.

"We"?

Sorry, but my wife's only complaint is the lack of better restaurants that we would gladly pay to patronize...

There is a lot to be said for terroir.

Agree with that. We enjoy cooking at home and don't feel the need to go out five times a week or more. But we'd like a restaurant with ambiance and excellent food, and we don't mind paying for it. I bet we and your wife are not the only ones.