Camp House, Sanford

I ate lunch at this remake in the Scruffy Duffer's spot on 46 on Saturday. They also do not list their liquor/beer prices. It's definitely not because they are so proud of them. I had a Lodge Cheeseburger for $9. It's nice that they actually include the cheese in the price. It's not nice that they charge $9 for something that BurgerFi does better at half the price. They; burned the top, over cooked the rest, seasoned it with some crap spice mix, salted it, served it on a stale pretzel bun, topped it with limp vegetables and paired it off with under cooked fries. And that was and probably will always be the problem with this place. They think they know what they are doing. I wager they do not. It's fixable. But, it doubt they realize something is off. They are like one of those places that argue with Gordon Ramsey as he is critiquing their failing business. My guess is that they just don't know what good is. I would bet your life that it is run by a bunch of forty-something, white hillbillies (we need a similar word for people who live in the swamps) who have wanted to own their own place since they traded their futures for a steady paycheck. The place smells of a Home Depot commercial. The color they chose (some kind of grey) for the majority of the walls is all dude. No woman would ever have chosen this color let alone matched it with the stain the have on the wainscoting or tables (both different). Then again this is CF, so, maybe I can't say that about no woman. They have decorated the place with taxidermist overstock. They use picnic tables for seating. They have alot of flatscreens. It's all dude inspired. However, what makes it really depressing is that it reminds you of your buddy with a kid's first house (that he tried to do the work on). It was kind of crappy to begin with and he just hamfisted the renovations because it was the first time his dad wasn't there to do it for him. There's crap and clutter all over. Things that should be put away aren't. Things that should be hung properly, aren't. This place is just an ugly "dudes" hideaway with food that is about as good as the decor. It's sad because you can see they want to get in on this whole gastro pub trend (even if it's ten years too late). They know about it. They know things can be better than what is around them. They just don't have the vocabulary down yet and they are speaking. Look it's basically the same as it was before. Maybe it will turn out to be an improvement. I can't go back for a reason that has nothing to do with what I've written about so far. I can't go back because they let a bunch of meth heads smoke at the patio bar. The problem - it's connected (via a common opening) to the inside bar and all the smoke blows into the restaurant from outside. That right there would be enough to disqualify you from any social climbing aspirations. Cigarettes = poor white trash. If you don't believe me, do a quick informal poll the next time you go out. The smoker will at least one of those things.