So, here's something different: A restaurant focused on baked potatoes and the toppings that can go on them. But we're not just talking butter, chives and sour cream. We're talking macaroni & cheese, pizza toppings or even seafood.



Spudz Potatoes, located in downtown Huntington, offers about 20 different types of baked potatoes - from the standard to the extraordinary. There are a couple salads, a soup and a dip. But the main attraction is the baked potato.



I went for the Lil Lemont - which I learned is the owner's son's rap name - it comes with mac & cheese, extra cheddar, bacon and sour cream. Let's start with the good: The folks here are really kind, they're just getting started, and this is the biggest baked potato I've ever seen. It may be two together. And, I love the fun concept. 



Aside from the standard new-restaurant-opening-kinks, there is some room for improvement. My meal was cold.And to be honest, this isn't a total negative for me most of the time, but when it's macaroni and cheese, the texture affects the flavor and it just doesn't end well. The mac & cheese was also just kinda plopped on top, so it didn't really intermingle with the potato. It was of course made separately, but I was hoping that cheese would soak into the potato, creating a cheesy, buttery interior. Instead, it was actually kinda dry. I think with some tweaks, these two could sing in harmony as one cohesive dish. 

Grade: B