Restaurant: Patsy’s American
Location: 8051 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182. (703) 552-5100
Date: November 22, 2023
Cuisine: American (duh)
Rating: Solid
My parents (or maybe my Dad) are a bit obsessed with this small Virginia chain. It’s like the more modern, more commercial variant of all the small American restaurants we used to eat at in the 1970s — but stripped of the soul.
Actually this interior space was once a Chesapeake Bay Seafood House, a place that served AYCE seafood and that was popular with my friends and I during High School.
Ozzie Rolls. Like donuts, but about half as sweet. Sugared butter.
Seafood Platter. 6 oysters, 6 midneck clams, 3 jumbo shrimp, smoked mussels & blood orange mignonette.
Shrimp Cocktail. 6 jumbo shrimp, fresh lemon & cocktail sauce.
Field Greens. grape tomatoes, sun dried cranberries, dates, pine nuts, garlic croutons & champagne vinaigrette…blue cheese or Laura Chenel goat cheese.
Crab & Corn Chowder.
Short Smoked Salmon Filet. marinated and smoked, then hickory grilled with fresh asparagus, mashed potatoes & creole mustard sauce.
BBQ Baby Back Ribs with fresh, hand cut fries & traditional cole slaw.
Warm White Chocolate Bread Pudding. bourbon custard sauce, vanilla ice cream & caramel.
It’s not bad, but it’s so “white bread.”