What: Chicken fettucine Alfredo
Where: Foxy’s Kitchen + Bar, 69950 Frank Sinatra Drive, Rancho Mirage
How much: $32
Contact: 760-424-8615; foxyskitchenandbar.com
Why: It was almost worth the wait.
When the “temporary” closure of Shame on the Moon became permanent last year, I was sad, because it has long been one of my favorite old-school Coachella Valley joints.
Enter Foxy’s Kitchen and Bar, which took over the space earlier this year. Some friends joined the hubby and me for a recent dinner there, and I was elated to walk into a space where I’ve experienced a lot of happy times.
I’ll start off with the positive notes: the food and drink were, for the most part, good. I especially enjoyed my chicken fettuccine Alfredo. The chicken was cooked perfectly; the Alfredo sauce was nice and creamy; and the sun-dried tomatoes offered nice bursts of flavor.
However, there was a problem: It took a significant amount of time for that chicken fettucine Alfredo and the rest of our entrées to finally arrive at our table.
I was the only member of our group to order a starter (a side Caesar salad, $8); my dining companions just ordered entrées. The salad arrived pretty quickly … and then we waited. And we waited. And we waited some more, with nobody checking on our table. Fortunately, we were enjoying each other’s company, but hunger eventually started setting in. We finally flagged down a manager, who began updating us and, eventually, helped bring out our food. All told, two hours passed between sitting down and our entrées arriving.
Of course, things go wrong in restaurants, and staffing problems are all too frequent these days, so I am not going to hold this one long wait against Foxy’s; I’ll most definitely return. My food was great—and I just love that old-school vibe.
