The Green Gator
| Address: | 5566 Main St #110, Frisco, TX 75033, USA |
| Phone: | +1 214-618-2334 |
| Site: | thegreengatorfrisco.com |
| Rating: | 3.9 |
| Working: | 11AM–12AM 11AM–12AM 11AM–12AM 11AM–2AM 11AM–2AM 10AM–12AM 10AM–11PM |
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Karl Goldman
This is all opinion: The difference between Creole and Cajun is that you will find tomatoes in Creole food and proper Cajun food does not have tomatoes. Creole food is considered "city food" while Cajun is considered country food. Cajun food as it name implies Cajun means "les Acadians" or the French colonists that settled in Canada. Creole refers to the French settlers of Louisiana. Creole roux is sometimes made with butter and flour while a Cajun roux is made with oil and flour. The preparation of Cajun/Creole dishes such as étouffée, gumbo, and jambalaya all start from what is called the Holy trinity, which is onions, bell peppers, and celery. You can find variants such as substituting one of the above with garlic, parsley, or shallots but it is mostly the Creoles that have done this because these items along with tomatoes were readily available in the area they settled. Gumbo started from Creole people that came to Louisiana. It is made with the Holy Trinity and strongly flavored stock, okra, Roux, filé powder, meat and/or shellfish, and at least celery and bell pepper from the Holy Trinity. So why all this...try their food, none of it matches. There is no bell pepper or strongly flavored stock; it tastes like a black peppered hot and sour soup that someone thickened up. Nothing is made with Cajun/Creole care. There are mostly fried items on the menu and not even Cajun ones to boot. Take a Razoos eliminate most of the broiled items, ghetto up the place by not recoating the floors and leaving the bathrooms a mess, and cigarettes on the porch, screw up the Cajun flavors and you have Dodies Live the Ghetto Cajun place of some kind. The management, well you can suggest just about anything to them and they do not listen. Tell them the floor is ghetto and needs to be re-painted and they will tell you its rustic (like rustic even for a ghetto). If you probably asked them to clean the restrooms they would suggest that was the look that they were going for. Now the staff, what is really bad is that most of the bartenders are hard working friendly people that deserve better. Even the cooks work their hardest; it is all the management issues that force the food choices and recipes. Get rid of Lemon Bar that didnt have a real identity and bring in a Ghetto Cajun place yeah that is what Frisco needs
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brucewayne4life
Call it anything remotely related to Louisiana cuisine as an over statement. Me and a group of friends visited the establishment over the weekend 3 from Louisiana and the other one from New Mexico. Right off the bat no host/hostess at door, we stood there for about 10-15mins before someone just yelled "You can sit anymore, They will get around to you". We choose a booth an employee came for our drink order 10 mins. I inquired about their Abita selection specifically Abita Root Beer. The employee look at me funny and exclaimed they did not have it and he didnt know Abita made root beer. Any Louisianian knows if establishment claims to have anything to do with Abita the always carry the Root Beer whether its on top or in the bottles. So 2 strikes in 20 mins. So we placed are app and drink orders the Sprite taste like carbonated water and one friend ordered water and was brought Michelob Ultra instead. The appetizers to expensive you are basically paying for the plating. We left and went to Razzoo. The Green Gator needs to do better or rebrand itself.
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Michael Kazegawa
An upscalish sports-bar serving cajun food. It wasnt very busy on the weekend I went, but that could be indicative of the time I arrived (Noon). Food is priced a little high and serving sizes are average to below average in size. The food was spiced a little too much as the food was on the salty side bordering unpalatable. Mind you I lived in Kenner, LA (a hop, skip, and jump away from New Orleans) so I would hope I know good Cajun. Near the rear of the restaurant is a ping pong table and there are plenty of TVs in sight from any angle. Cant say that I recommend this place over any other Cajun place (think Pappadeaux, Razzoos, or the now defunct Big Easy in Plano (I miss this place so much)). The overall venue felt like a toned down Buffalo Wild Wings that uses Old Bay and Tonys. Unlike other reviewers I can not say that the place didnt seem clean or as one person put it, "ghetto". Definitely over-exaggerated.
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Lucas Ferrell
Dodies recently replaced Lemon Bar in our fair burgh, and I must say I miss lemon bar. Same annoying cover-bands, disturbingly less effort in maintaining the staple of any bar in my opinion: the pool tables dont have cue balls, are closer to plum than level, and have obviously received no attention from the staff, aside from abuse. I asked an employee where the cue balls are and was informed that the gentleman looks nothing like a pool table repair man. In fact the entire game room portion of the bar is, lets just say, neglected. Got a decent pour on my drink. Didnt get any food, so I cannot comment there, but the lack of attention to other elements does not bode well.
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Denise Harris
I stopped in on a Sunday evening and had the best fried oysters I have ever eaten. I bragged to my daughter about them and so went back on Monday evening for more and got them to go to share with my daughter. Not the same at all! I dont know if its because of a different chef or because the order was to go, but the oyster were very heavily breaded and way overcooked. They were awful! Needless to say, my daughter and her family will never go to this restaurant and I certainly will never order anything to go again! Whether or not Ill try dine in again is questionable since the lovely patio is spoiled by being the smoking place for patrons.
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Boo Booboo
Wife and I had dinner here for the first time. FC Dallas had a game but we were seated within within 5 minutes. Pros: very nice and attentive wait staff. Big screens and games going on all around without being too noisy drinks and food were reasonably priced for the area. Liked the Texas on one side of the menu and Cajun on the other. Fried pickles were a little salty but properly breaded. Cons: we eat the crawfish etoufee and it was very bland. Wife had the fried gator and it was average. Her gumbo was very average. Hopefully an off night for the cooks. Will try again.
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Nic LeFer
Mixed reviews on this place, and I really wanted to be able to give them more stars! I ordered the crawfish etouffee - I asked for them to bring on the spice and Im very happy that they did (most places are too cautious when this is requested)! However, the portion of food for what they charge was absolutely pitiful. $14 for what could fit in a cup, no side of French bread, or anything to go with it. So, points awarded for flavor and for delivering on the heat, but way too overpriced. Not sure that Im sold on coming back :(
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Teri Thelen
Too much "sweet" spices in the red beans and rice. Very little rice at all. I dont know what they use to bread the fried okra, but it was gummy and sweet. The hush puppies were sweet as well but tolerable. After I cooked the fried catfish and fried crawfish tails, they were yummy! Easy on the green stuff (parsley maybe???) and stick to good old fashion Louisiana fare and youll do good. Decrease the sweet, increase the flavor and heat....
