TJ Elliott's Entrees

This job as restaurant reporter is delicious, but I’m worried about getting fat. I feel obligated to try different items on the menu. Fortunately for me, Jimmy keeps some healthy choices on the menu. All I have to do is choose them.

Today I tried the Italian Wedding Soup, which is something I normally wouldn’t have ordered, but since I have seen it as a recurring special, I thought I should investigate. It was delicious, little meatballs and pasta that looks a bit like confetti. It did seem festive and I ate every drop.

When you have ordered something you enjoyed at a restaurant, do you tend to want to re-order the item you liked before? I do. I hate to chance ordering something new and wishing I had ordered the selection I knew I enjoyed. So far that hasn’t happened at TJ Elliott’s. I used to get the crabcakes every time. I know they are good. I enjoy crabcakes best with fries, which I’ve been trying to avoid. So it was time to branch out. I do love the Ledo pizza. I could eat pizza every day, but I shouldn’t. The next time I order it, however, I am going to try the “Jimmy’s Everything Elliott Pizza.” I have an ordering queue like you might at Netfliks.

I know a few other menu items at TJ Elliott’s that I’d love to eat again. I absolutely loved the lobster ravioli. It is so delicious that I sometimes think about it when I’m hungry and trying to decide what to have for dinner. I end up thinking I should go to TJ’s. The Bare Burger was also quite tasty. I think it is the well seasoned side veggies that make me not miss the bun. So that is another healthy choice I could select.

Today I tried the Black & Blue Steak. This is a seasoned sirloin topped with bleu cheese and served with veggies and a salad, no bread, so it’s good for a low-carber like me. I am always happy when the cook follows directions on meat doneness. I know I take a risk ordering medium rare, but it is a risk I willingly take. When a restaurant refused to cook lower than medium, I feel as cranky about it as bikers do about the helmet law. Please let me decide which risks I want to take. So my steak was tender and lean and scrumptious.

The soup for the appetizer worked to stave off my desire for dessert. I am trying to keep reasonably low sugar. That’s not easy at Jimmy’s restaurant. I’ve had the tiramisu before and it is divine.