Royal American Charleston

Everything was delicious. My friends took me here and they weren't joking about the quality of food and drink. But I'm not here to give a food review. I actually just kinda wanted to explain the Friday setup from about 7pm to 9pm that I experienced because I would've been lost had I not been with someone who had been here before. We went to the bar, ordered our drinks. Bartender had them back quickly. Asked us if we wanted food...we ordered..opened separate tabs and were given those vibrating pucks. From there we sat ourselves with our drinks at a booth. Once one of the pucks light up it's time to grab your food...inside you'll see the DJ booth and western swing doors. Drop your puck and grab your food at the countertop near the western swing doors. **(Condiments and napkins and forks are also in this area. You may have to return to this area if you need more napkins/knives/etc)** Amazing food, amazing service just a learning curve if you haven't been here before. Also I noticed as soon as we were leaving the cover charge started and exits changed (like where I came in originally was blocked off). All I'm getting at is if you're a solo first timer maybe hit the bar first and just enjoy a drink and watch how this place operates. Glad I had a Royal American previous visitor with me.

I'm a dive bar guy. This is the ultimate. Quit looking. Awesome food, perfect decoration..in a warehouse next to train tracks. I'm guessing some folks involved with this are proper culinary world refugees. No t-shirts or other merchandise on offer. Great food, old comfortable furniture and a painting of Ernest Tubb.