Longhorn Steakhouse

Friday, December 02, 2005

Longhorn Steakhouse is straightforward meat-and-potatoes fare done with style. This new location is in the Target complex at Old Hickory Blvd and I-65 south of Nashville. Surprisingly small in seating area, this mid-scale steakhouse specializes in what you would expect: beef, chicken, fish and shellfish. Because it was a Friday night at 6:00, we had a 45 minute wait in the tiny waiting area.

The Lactose Line


While many of the menu items are naturally lactose free, most of the menu items are well-described. Their website menu has good descriptions of most items, but an email to their customer service returned saying that they could not provide detailed nutrition information for their menu items (a great way to find the hidden lactose.)

Best Lactose-free options:
Most items can be customized to remove any dairy ingredients except for the obvious ones (cheese sticks!) Our baked potato arrived dry as ordered. Our salmon salad, ordered without cheese, arrived with no appreciable amount of cheese on the salad, but with a few bits stuck to the bottom of the salmon - evidence that the server caught the kitchen's mistake and wisely rectified the situation.

Map and Directions:
at Longhorn's site

Rating:
3.5 out of 5 lactose-free stars. There is still a good amount of customization that has to be done at Longhorn for many of their items, but Flo's Filet is scrumptious and the service is great.