Come on down to Tommy's
Opened by local lad Tommy Taylor and his wife Lauren less than six months ago, the soul food place in Hope Street, Filey, offers a take-away service and this is proving as popular as beans at a cowboy cook-out.
Owner Tommy loves the Deep South, films, soul food, country music and plays in a band – and, boy, do those passions show in a menu which includes Goodfella Fries, the BB King, the Dolly Parton and the Johnny Cash.
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Hide AdFaced with a choice of myriad burgers and burritos, we ordered a couple of beers, a plate of Old Timer nachos and took our time to choose.
Old Timer – £5 – is a heap of corn tortillas topped with Sante Fe Grande pepper chilli con carne, cheese, soured cream and in-house salsa.
Cowboy nachos is pretty much the vegetarian version.
Because he is my favourite singer - bar none - I ordered the Sinatra burger (£5.50). The beef patty was topped with peppered red onions and garlic creamed mushrooms, steamed Gouda and Monterey cheese, Romaine lettuce, diced cherry tomatoes, red onions, Kosher pickles, in-house mustard and mayonaise aioli – crammed into a toasted bun.
Tom opted for the Beast burrito £4.50. This consists of six-hour slow roasted pulled gammon, covered in in-house barbecue sauce, seasoned white rice, grated Yorkshire mature cheddar cheese, diced red onions and shredded lettuce.
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Hide AdWe shared regular fries topped with in-house spice blend (£1.50).
Both main courses were big, tasty, spicy, juicy and you got a lotta burger and burrito for your buck.
There is a choice of soul food favourites including rack of ribs, gumbo and jambalaya. Gluten free options are also available.
Dessert wise, tray bakes are a speciality and there is a choice of shakes with whipped cream.
With a bill that came to less than £35 with drinks we were happier than pigs in mud and, as the Southerners have it – fat as a tick (that’s full up to you and me).