Yeeeeeeeeeehah, The Kids Are In Jail!!!

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I want to tell you about this yeehah Texmex Restaurant we have, in Horsham, West Sussex. I love to go there, as there's so much atmosphere and the food is just great!The restaurant is The Smith and Western and is a single storey building, with picnic-type tables out in the front garden, and a ranch-type fenced porch where there are also a couple of tables, with checkered tablecloths. Then, you walk through the security doors and american, saloon-type doors into the bar area. You will have pre-booked your table because this is one, busy restaurant. The light fixtures are reminiscent of an American saloon too, and there's a small bar to your right, which is kind of sectioned off by three large, wooden barrels, in the top of which, you will find monkeynuts, which are free to the customers. Monkeynuts, if you don't know, are peanuts in their shells. A fine pre-meal snack, if you don't overdo it! lol. You approach the reception desk and a member of staff is called to seat you at table. The staff are all dressed in jeans and checkered shirts, and wear cowboy hats... so authentic is this restaurant. As you walk towards your table, you espy, in the far right hand corner a Sheriff's Jail House. This is a sectioned off corner for kids' parties, and the kids adore it! They think it's great fun, like a real cowboy town. You're now seated at your table; there is a food serving area, similar to self-service but this restaurant is not self-service, you're waited at table. At this serving bar, you can purchase cowboy hats and toy guns and really join in the authenticity of the establishment. Then, the food is brought... so much food!!!! I love fajitas, and I buy mixed chicken and beef here. They're the best fajitas I ever tasted, served with a salad... yummy! They also serve burgers, spare ribs and steaks, 10 oz or 16oz steaks... WOW, the larger covers the plate, almost! Afterwards, there are some great ice creams to choose from, even up to a family of six size, to share. If there's a birthday, these ice creams will be brought with sparklers fizzing in them, by a line of four or five cowboys and girls whooping and shouting in celebration of your birthday. The kids love all that as well... it's a great place to take them, having so much more atmosphere than Macdonalds, or Pizza Hut and the food is so much healthier. I even saw a couple come in one evening dressed as American Natives... she had her hair in plaits and he had longish hair, both with a band around their heads. Fantastic! Have you ever visited a restaurant like this?