Halls Motorsports Thursday Night Dinner Rides

I have neglected to write posts regarding the Thursday night dinner rides I have been attending. Every other Thursday evening, Halls Motorsports hosts a dinner ride. Typically a nice loop route is chosen to ultimately end up at a restaurant.

I attended the March 27th ride. It was a blast. We headed down D.I.P. over the Dog River bridge, down Rangeline Road, back to D.I.P. and down to AL 188. On AL 188 at the end of Bellingrath Road is Mary’s Place. Mary’s Place was a nice little “country family style” restaurant. I am not sure of their typical menu, as we all opted for the buffet, which consisted of fried fish, fried shrimp, grits and various other good old country style items. Not the best place i have ever eaten, but not too bad for a buffet either.

Last night was a lot of fun. Steve, the sales manager from Halls was attempting to give me and Randy (another Burgman 650 rider, directions for the loop we would take. As he was describing the route, he decided that Randy and I had a better idea of the route and that we should lead out the ride.

I figured that most of the group would eventually pass us, as the sport bikes typically like to do a little “hot rodding”. Amazingly though, the whole group stuck together. We took HWY 90 all the way to Grand Bay and then north on AL 188/Grand Bay Wilmer Road to Airport Blvd, and then east to Schillinger Road where we ate at Hacienda San Miguel Restaurant.

I have to say I was very impressed with the service last night. Not only did 20 people show up at one time unannounced, but the service was fast as well. They set us up out on the patio. The server was truly amazing. He took all 20 orders at the same time, without even writing the orders down. As far as I know, he didn’t mix up a single order. The next thing that really impressed me was that he had a separate ticket for each person or couple. Most restaurants would require one ticket for a party that large.

Steve has asked me to come up with the route and restaurant for the next dinner ride, as I am familiar with so many dining establishments as well as knowing all of the nice scenic roads from my years of road cycling. The pressure is on now!