My 13 year old wanted to buy herself a steak with the money earned from her lawn mowing jobs from this afternoon. She had done a great job, it was a long day, so I said ok. The local steakhouse, Johnny's Char House, has wonderful steaks but are too pricey for her $60 earnings. Long story short, I would not let her spend half her earnings on Johnny's, so she settled for Applebee's (I had recently had the very small but very good portobello mushroom steak). We called in the order for curb side service (we were filthy and tired) and the nice young man said it was too late for that so we picked up in bar area. The steak was ordered as medium (not our usual medium well) but it was medium well, no pink center. I asked for A-1. The guy said no problem. When we got home, there was no A-1 in the bag. I ordered a side of mushrooms, there were very few. There was, I felt, too much fat to trim off ... but this was ok because the dog got a treat : ) And, lastly, the price listed on the website was $15.69 but the receipt states $16.79. The best part is that the broccoli/squash/carrot medley (I ate, she didn't want) and the mashed potatoes were both great.

In hindsight, I wish I had let her have the Johnny's steak for her jobs well done. I would have been happy to have "quietly covered" the difference when I went in to pick it up for her. Lesson learned.

Below is an area for "proof photos" but I do not know how to do??? Not even sure if this letter will reach anyone but I felt the need to send. I suppose a picture of the steak would have sufficed as well as the receipt? The receipt shows as follows:
AM B TB #201
Date: 5/22/10 TIME: 22:53 Guests: 1
1 NY Strip 16.79
1 **TO GO** 0.00
1 GMUSH TOP 1.49
Check TOTAL: 18.28
TAX: 1.83
TOTAL DUE: 20.11
DUPLICATE # 1

Thank you for your time.

Sharon (and Lucy) Farley
1114 Gifford St
DeKalb, IL 60115
[email protected]