Lindley Park Filling Station

Good morning, readers! Happy December 12 (that's a thing, right?) and welcome to my blog! December is rolling right along and I have a number of things to fill you in on so let's get crackin'!

The last weekend of November our dear friends Seth and Abbey began their 9-years-in-the-making life as a married couple! Nate and I were fortunate enough to attend the happy union. The wedding was held in Stokesdale, North Carolina and everyone was staying in nearby Greensboro. We left on Friday afternoon with our sights set on delicious food and wedding bliss.

Because it's me, I was not going to go to a new place and just eat anywhere, I wanted to plan! After some Googling, I discovered the Lindley Park Filling Station. This neighborhood eatery located at 2201 Walker Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27403 really packs a punch with their food and drink specials! We arrived just around 6:30 PM on Friday night and were the last people to be seated before the wait-time stretched into the 30-40 minute range.

 

 

Lindley Park Filling Station

Décor:  This space is narrow. We walked into the door and I had to take a double take to make sure we weren't entering through a side-entrance. You are immediately face-to-face with a 15-seat mirror-backed bar and surrounded by a few high-top and low-top tables. Handwritten specials boards hang on the walls. The restaurant also features a fenced-in outdoor seating area, however it was in the 30s and sitting outside was not very enticing.

Food appearance: food is served in metal trays lined with wax paper. Napkins are paper, utensils are silver and nothing looks fancy, but boy-oh-boy does it taste good.

Food taste: We began our culinary adventure with Fried Pickle Chips but these were no run-of-the-mill pickle chips, instead of being battered in a beer batter these were battered in cornmeal. I will say they had a great flavor and texture, but the cornmeal batter (similar to a fried green tomato batter) didn't adhere itself to the juicy pickle slices, thus leaving the diner with some lukewarm batter-less pickle chips. The Roasted Chili-Dill Aioli the chips were served alongside was a revelation! Perfect dip-able consistency, a little heat from the chili and a whole lot of cool from the dill. The sauce created the perfect bite if you were lucky enough to get a still-battered pickle chip.

Fried Pickle Chips with Chili-Dill Aioli

After much deliberation (really their whole menu sounded phenomenal), I settled on The Mayflower Sandwich. This hot sandwich has a great meatiness from a portabella mushroom cap, topped with provolone cheese, red peppers, basil aioli, sprouts and served on a pillowy potato roll. Everything about this sandwich was heaven. The flavors were so well balanced and the textures were interesting and complex. Basically, this sandwich was great and you need to order it now. I ordered a side of tater tots with ranch dressing because there's no better dynamic duo than potato and ranch. Come at me, I'll wait.

The Mayflower with Tater Tots

Nate ordered a burger of some variety. He can fill you in on those details.

After we had eaten our entrees and were wondering what our next move should be, we decided we absolutely had to get one of their desserts. We settled on their Reese's Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake, because peanut butter and chocolate is possibly the only rival to potato and ranch. The chocolate cake was moist and decadent and the peanut butter buttercream was fluffy and sweet. My only suggestion for this cake would be maybe add some mini chocolate chips between the layers of butter cream for a different texture.

Reese's Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake

Service: things are a little jarring here, I won't lie to you. We walked in, looked around like lost puppies for a few minutes and then were told to take a seat at the bar by one of the bartenders. We never had a specific server per se and in the chaos of the constant flow of people in the door we were occasionally overlooked for beverage refills and condiments but I never felt ignored or neglected.

Cleanliness: due to the high demand, tables were quickly cleaned and reset. The restrooms were clean and orderly.

I would absolutely recommend a trip to Lindley Park Filling Station if you're ever in the area! The food is good, the beer is cold and the desserts are decadent!

We spent the rest of the weekend celebrating Seth and Abbey and recovering from the celebrations.