VA Medical Center-Portland: Simas Gilbert M MD

I love to my Server yesterday he recommended the chicken. I normally don't eat chicken but I liked him so much I took it. We talked about his Six-year-old Who love steak. I felt well taken care of and good vibes from the time I sat down to the time I left. I forgot to take a picture of my food.

These details are important so bear with me: we were at Cracker Barrel for a birthday celebration. We had a hero of 6 adults and two children. Four of us arrived at the same time and were seated while four were still on the way.
Enter Jesse.
Jesse immediately greeted us, introduced herself and had menus in our hands. She took out drink orders and within minutes not only had our drinks but brought two of everything. I have NEVER eaten at cracker barrel where I haven't had to ask for a refill at least once. Jesse never let us run out of drinks. That alone gets her five stars

Because of time constraints the four people who were present needed to order. Jesse took our order WITHOUT using a tablet. She had it all down by memory and when our food came out it was all correct.

Then the next four showed up. As our food was being handed Jesse was also taking the new orders by memory. They all came out without a hitch.

Despite having other customers Jesse made us feel as though we were the only people in her care.

We will definitely be requesting Jesse each time we return.

It was a Thursday night. Had the country fried steak because the picture in the menu made it look so good. Well it was that good and glad I had it. Service was a tad off tonight but we did have a great time anyway. Remind me to have my Aunt Helen show the kids how to make biscuits. Had the Fruit Salad Icetea. Very flavorful. Their ice tea just always seem to be just rightly done. Not so much as a hint of coffee’s nose in it.

Last visit our food took forever. Only one cook and manager on the line.