Gregory’s Original

We moved into Rutherfordton full time a year ago and Gregory’s is a regular for us. Good variety of food. Good food too. Friendly staff. Clean. Plenty of seating for a large group. We go with our neighbors regularly. Everything from Tuna, to steaks, to great hot sandwiches. Reasonable prices. Full range of bar beverages. They are now located in front of Fred’s, next to BB&T and CVS, at the intersection of Hwy 221 and 74 Business (old Charlotte Rd).

We go to Gregory’s frequently. Local family run restaurant. Most of the items on the menu are very good. The steak grinders are some of the best I’ve had. The burgers, seasoned fries, and pasta salad are also excellent. The chicken Marsala is hit and miss… Probably depending on who the cook is. The baked Italian dishes are fairly good. If you get the baked ziti ask for double the sauce as it’s usually a bit dry. The sirloin steaks are good. I would avoid the grilled veggies as they are obviously of the frozen variety! The grilled salmon salad is good. Perhaps the best value on the menu is the wine… although it is boxed wine it is served in a huge glass… the equivalent of 2 glasses and inexpensive. Wish they would put a good pizza on the menu!!! We need good pizza in Rutherfordton (sorry Dominos)!

We went there for lunch recently while in the area. The place was very busy and many of the dishes looked very good. Obviously a very popular place for locals.
Unfortunately, we must have picked their «not best» items. baked pasta and chicken parmesan. The meat sauce for the baked pasta was watery. The marinara sauce for the chicken parm was basically a tablespoon or so of crushed tomatos and red water. I actually poured the «marinara» out of the plate into an extra plate so that I could see how much sauce was left. Barely anything stuck to the pasta.
I brought this to the attention of the waitress and it became obvious that she either had never been trained on how to handle customer concerns or she just did not care. Her reply was, «Well that is how they make it». Really, water and tomatoes for a marinara?
The cashier asked how things were, as they generally do, I brought it to her attention and she clammed up, no reply at all and she did not speak again.
Like I said, there were some dishes that looked really good and I wish I would have picked something else.
I would not recommend Italian food from Gregory’s based on the two dishes we had. Much of the other stuff at least looked good.

moved to park lane plaza across from Fred’s. next to BB&T. same great food, now with more room and better parking.