Toots

Toots is a fun place serving fun food. A cross between a sports bar and a family restaurant, Toots has a lot of televisions tuned to sports and a number of games for kids of all ages. You can choose to sit on tall stools at tall tables that line the walls, or regular tables.Some of the booths have ads from the 50s and 60s sealed in the high-gloss finish. On the walls and ceiling there is a lot of memorabilia, including items from local high schools, Western Kentucky University, major league sports and NASCAR. In addition, there are a number of signs with humorous sayings. From the looks of the crowd, Toots appeals to all ages and people from all walks of life.I love their deep-fried dill pickles, so I ordered up a basketful as an appetizer with a large beer. Eat them quickly, because fried pickles arent any good cold. Toots wings are my favorites, but this night they had a special of baby-back ribs, which sounded good for a change. My companion opted for peel-and-eat cold shrimp.The ribs came with curly fries and cole slaw. The rib portion was on the small size and left me wanting more. The meat was tender and the rib was very good, there just wasnt enough. There was a nice portion of curly fries, but the cole slaw wasnt worth the plastic container it was served in.There was a half-pound of boiled shrimp served very cold and they were just the right size. It was a busy Saturday night and our service was lacking. The food came quickly enough, but the server wasnt on top of keeping our drinks filled. On the other hand, there certainly were enough servers around that I could have flagged somebody and gotten a refill pretty easily, I suspect.So when you visit Toots, plan on having some fun food in a fun atmosphere and dont sweat the small stuff and its all small stuff (I think I read that on a wall there).Get this!The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that if you forget your reading glasses, some restaurants in the area will bring you an assortment so you can read their hoity-toity menu choices. Bacchanalia, one of Atlantas most popular restaurants (the newspaper says), will bring you a whole tray of reading glasses. People think its a tray of appetizers then they see that the appetizers are plastic and they think its kind of funny. The food reviewer, who is kept inside a soundproof, dimly lit room along the lines of the Three Wise Men on Regis Super Millionaire, can be reached for comment through managing editor Mike Alexieff at 783-3235. New restaurants are given an eight-week grace period to get their for up to snuff