Friday night was the Xth day of me having the kids to myself for the evening (with a few more to go still), and frankly I was getting tired of it. So I took em to Chuck E. Cheese.
I give it a thumbs up. The pizza's not bad, but there are sandwiches and a salad bar if you're not in the mood for pizza. The ambience is first-rate (at least if you're looking for something to keep little kids distracted so you don't have to be constantly on top of them--NO!!! PUT DOWN THE BELT SANDER! And how did you get it out of my locked tool cabinet anyway?? YOUNG LADY!! We do NOT make prank calls to the principal! Hey! Put that security chain back on the door!) and, if you're so inclined, you can play a couple rounds of skeeball yourself.
Oh, umm, if it were just a night out with the adults, I'd vote for
Tequila's. Very nice food, not excessively expensive, a nice ambiance. And, if you're so inclined, forget the wine list--they have a tequila list!!
The first time we went there we read in an on-line review that you should really try the nachos obligatorios. So we ordered that along with our entrees. Our waiter shortly appeared with tortlla chips and about half a dozen different varieties of stuff to eat them with--tomato salsas, pickled vegetables, a cheese based thing--goodness, it was yummy! After we had determined that we really should stop or there would be no room for entrees, a gentleman appeared with a platter for us--"Your appetizer, sir." I responded, "I'm sorry, I think you have the wrong table, we have our appetizer already." I forget the exact words of his reply, but what it amounted to was, "That?? That's not an appetizer, that's just the simple uninteresting boring stuff we give away for free." So we had no choice
but to dig into the REAL nachos obligatorios, which were also REALLY REALLY good.
The entrees are nice, too. I've had almost all the chicken dishes and would recommend any of them.