I stopped by KT’s the other night for dinner and saw a couple of good deals that might interest you, especially in these cash-strapped times. Wednesdays are “Guest Appreciation Night” with $2.50 well drinks and $2.50 house wines all night in the bar, and Monday nights from 4:00 p.m. to closing they offer an all-you-can-eat dinner of spaghetti and meatballs for only $8.99. Kids under 12 only pay $6.99. And on Tuesdays from 4:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. you can enjoy a 10-ounce-cut prime rib dinner complete with a choice of side, small salad and a croissant. A honey butter croissant. Cost: $12.99.

Since it was Thursday, we missed out on the specials, so I ordered the grilled salmon salad. For $10.99 you get a huge bowl of mixed, fresh greens with diced tomatoes, purple onion and pecans topped off with a large filet of fresh salmon that has been dusted with lemon pepper and grilled.

For the amount of food you get, that’s not a bad deal, either. The salmon was grilled just right – i.e. I mean it wasn’t overcooked like so many places do their fish nowadays – and had an ever-so-slightly rare strip of moisture in the center that preserved the flavor. In addition, the salad greens were bright and crisp and made a good bed for a dose of ranch dressing. The only thing I didn’t care for was the “honey butter croissant” that came on the side.

Every time I go to KT’s, I just push that little culinary abomination as far away from me as I can. I know lots of people rave about them, but frankly, they scare me. I don’t trust any type of bakery item so fragile that it needs a protective coating of honey and butter to keep it from collapsing in on itself. You take one bite, and poof! it’s gone, leaving the eater to wonder if he almost had a bite of dessert or something else of a sugary-squishy nature. Only the sticky residue on your fingers attests to the fact that a pseudo bread item ever crossed your path.

Okay, okay, you get the picture: I don’t like the honey butter croissants. Everything else is great, though, so go and check out one of their money-saving deals.

KT’s, a Cherokee Triangle landmark since 1985, is located off Interstate 64 at the Grinstead Drive exit, at 2300 Lexington Road near the corner of Grinstead Drive and Lexington Road. Call 502-458-8888 for more information.

by David Dominé, The Bluegrass Peasant