As a spur of the moment decision, my sister, mother and I decided to grab dinner somewhere in Chapel Hill and ended up at Crook's Corner. I went in thinking I'd be trying something new and hopefully find a new spot for future outings. Well I was half right. I tried something new, but did not find a place for me to venture to in the future. As we walked in we were greeted by the hostess and then asked where we'd like to sit ""indoors or on the patio?"". We didn't care so I replied ""either one is fine"". She quickly snapped back ""um, well I can't decide for you..."", when the professional thing to say would be ""okay, no problem we've got a great table here for you"". We were seated on the patio, which had a pretty good atmosphere to it for an early evening dinner. We then met our waiter, who was a gentlemen with the personality of sandpaper. We ordered and received our food with no problems, however I then found out that what they meant by ""Southern"" is not truly Southern cooking. Being raised in a traditional Southern home where Southern cooking goes without saying, I found the food somewhat mediocre. Their version of collards are alright, though the garnish of cheese just shows how ritzy they're trying to make their ""Southern"" cuisine. The cornbread is baked...if I'm not mistaken I believe that most Southerner fry their cornbread, no? To top it all of, just as my mother was finishing the food on her plate the waiter holds out his hand beside her plate and asks ""may I?"". Apparently he was either ready to leave work or ready to get rid of us. I think it's safe to say that I won't be giving this place any future business as well as warn my friends ahead of time.
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