50th Wedding Anniversary!

Taking the family out for a 50th Wedding Anniversary meal! Is Minty part of this family, too? Let's not think about that too much and just get some pictures to share with the Internet.

Determined to go to a "nice" restaurant, we chose the Aberdeen Barn Steak House. There was a little bit of protest about spending so much money for a single meal, but 50th Wedding Anniversaries are worth much more. Seriously; congratulations from Minty!

Let's see what an expensive restaurant's like! Click on the "Read more" below!

Here's the entrance way. Right away the place looked pretty classy but not really like a "barn" which is probably a good thing.

There was an flower Xmas tree in the waiting area? How about we all just give up and leave the Xmas decorations up all year?

Glass wall'd freezer lets you know right away you'll be getting steaks here.  Notice the Xmas tree lights reflecting in the window?

There was an odd tiny staircase leading to an upstairs area. Maybe a bar or storage? It was blocked off so we couldn't explore.

Aww yeah; fancy-folded cloth napkins let you know this place has some presentation values.

Menu! Don't worry about the prices! I mean "don't worry", not "don't look." Because I know you're looking at the prices.

Little bread sticks and big scoops of cheddar cheese to dip them in! Sorry butter, cheese wins by a wide margin.

Some ponies might be interested in the drink menu, so we got a picture of that if you want to look it over.

We just got a soda. A few of us thought it was a little funny that such an expensive place uses childish bendy-straws. They score bonus points for having thousand island dressing for the salad.

Live music guy playing guitar. Is there a 50th Wedding Anniversary song he could play?

You just know we had to get a picture of the New York Strip steak we ordered. This is the part where taking the picture is like, a hassle sometimes, can we just start eating already?!

All gone! Despite what this picture might indicate, we did not eat the aluminum foil that was around the baked potato.

Pass out with full-ness and get a look at the fancy chandelier on the ceiling.

Thought we should take a wide shot of the restaurant to get a better sense of the decor. I guess it looks kinda like it could be in a barn, a little.

My friend thought "yeah that comment card is going to make someone tear-up for sure."

 The sign on the street says oysters and crabs? This is a "steak" house.

The steak was amazing and even the baked potato was better than usual. I mean, how can you bake a potato different? But it was. Everybody was commenting on how good the food was!

Noticed this sign when we were leaving. It's made from cut-up licence plates. Maybe you've seen this type of thing somewhere before? This was the first time we saw this sign gimmick.

 Of course, like all family celebrations, there was a Carvel Ice Cream Cake to be had. We didn't plan on it, so the ones at the grocery store didn't say "Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary" and we had to settle for "Happy Birthday" instead. That's a funnier picture and story anyway.