C-Jay’s Ranch House

Open for only three weeks, I added this diner/​restaurant to the Unilocal database today. Located in a strip mall on Rt 159, C-Jay’s Ranch House was a lot larger than I expected. The main dining room had about a dozen booths, 5 tables, and a counter with room for ten. There was a small overflow dining room on the right side of the main room. The diner-​like menu is very large. They call themselves «The Eat-​In Drive-​In», but the menu sure has a lot more than Drive-​In grub. They serve all items all day long, a great nugget of info for the slackers out there who sleep in late and want breakfast at 1:30 PM. Ever hear of a place with TEN breakfast sandwiches? They have that, in fact they have breakfast totally covered with multiple permutations of eggs, pancakes, French Toast, Wraps, Omelet’s, and sides. Nothing is over $ 9 except the belly busting Ranch House Wrap with 3 eggs, cheese, ham, bacon, sausage, peppers, onions, tomatoes, and of course a hash brown patty. If breakfast ain’t your thing, they have soup, sandwiches (with a Triple Decker Option!), hot dogs and sausages, burgers, fried chicken/​shrimp/​scallops/​fish/​clams, sandwich melts, salads and meal platters.
I went with a Chef Salad -$ 8.95 for a nice sized fresh & crispy salad of lettuce, tomatoes, green pepper, cuke, and 4 egg halves, plus a nice portion of ham, turkey, roast beef, and cheese rolled into a log that looked like a mini-​rolling pin.
The meal was good in a solid-​average sort of way, the value was good, the décor was OK, the service was very good.
Did I have a problem with anything? Just some minor improvement opportunities. For example, I asked for a low-​cal salad dressing and was told «We don’t have any». Aww. c’mon C-​Jay — are you kidding me? Really?
My server didn’t mention any specials, but I overheard a different server tell HER customers that they featured a chicken tortellini soup and that the soup was being paired with a chicken salad sandwich for specials of the day. Maybe my server didn’t think I was special, or maybe she just forgot…
Since the place is new, I’m sure they will iron out these two blips. All in all, it was a nice lunch and the menu offers hundreds of possibilities