That Sweetie Pie Still Looks Pretty Good

Published 3/25/2011

That Sweetie Pie Still Looks Pretty Good

The Retired Cooks Diary

By Suzette Pennington Munson

Saturday afternoon was spent with some (old) friends getting reacquainted. We were all class mates and graduated from Alvord High School in 1967, yes to some of you “young’uns” that sounds so old. We are classy”Sweeties” and proud of every year we have been out of school. We did give up on trying to remember the last time we were all together….that was causing a real brain pain if you know what I mean!

We invaded a fantastic local restaurant for our reunion and here is a big THANK YOU to the Sweetie Pies service staff and management for a wonderful meal with wonderful friends.

My classmates, Charlene Thomas Scott and her sister Bobbie Thomas Foster, Connie Bell Parker, Nellie Brown Sisk, Cheryl Elliott Clark, Lana Caswell Garcia, and I had a fantastic time catching up on our travels, children, and grandchildren.

We were seated at a large round table with enough space for everyone and we took too much time deciding what we were going to try. We would get started on a story and end up having to ask for more time from the waitress. Thank goodness she was very understanding and patient. Laughter and chatting aside, we all chose from the luncheon menu. Several chose the grilled chicken or steak salad. I went for the house salad and dressing with a rosin baked potato. Those things are my downfall. A couple of adventurous ladies chose the Chicken Fried Ribeye that is Sweetie Pies house specialty. Everything was wonderful and we definitely didn’t take home any leftovers.

As usual Sweetie Pies met the challenge of feeding a large group with style. If you have not tried them out it is a place to go for any meal, lunch or dinner, whether it is a special occasion or you are just down right hungry for good food.

Sweetie Pies wait staff entertained us with a Happy Birthday performance for the birthday girl in our midst, Charlene Scott, they asked if she wanted it sung frontwards, or backwards, she chose backwards. I will let you go to Sweetie Pies to find out how that goes.

My Daddy always said if you can’t cut a chicken fried steak with a fork it isn’t any good, friends you can cut Sweetie Pies steaks with a fork!! His second love was pan gravy, he wanted it as thick as his mashed potatoes and YEP! Sweetie Pies has the best gravy outside of my kitchen. Sweetie Pies gravy is definitely a diet buster but worth a second, third or more visits just to keep from doing without “food of the Texas Gods” Chicken Fried Steak and GRAVY!!!

Sweetie Pies is a sister to Babes fried Chicken in Roanoak, Sanger and other places in the Metro Area, so if you can’t get to Sweetie Pies in Decatur, Babes too is awesome and just as much fun to try out.