Beartooth Harley Dinner Ride

During the summer Beartooth Harley sponsors a dinner ride to an eating establishment around Billings on the last Friday of the month. This month the dinner ride was at Fat Fender Freddies in Laurel.

We missed the one last month and decided that we would go to this one. We heard that they have a real good time. How can you not with all the Harley friends.

We met at the dealership, had to wait for the workers to get off and close up at 6:00pm, then we rode as a group to Fat Fender Freddies. There were about 20 bikes and 35 people who went on the outing. We took the back road to Laurel, more scenic and less traffic.

We arrived at Fat Fender Freddies around 6:30 pm and our group sat out on the back patio. It was nice when we arrived a bit on the cool side. We sat around visiting and waited for the waitress to take our order.

Gary and I were sitting at the large table with about 20 other people. The waitress came over and took orders on one side of the table and then left. There were 8 of us who were sitting and finally the waitress came back and one of the guys asked if she was going to take our order. She seemed a bit surprised that our order wasn't taken. She said that the other waitress was supposed to take orders on our side of the table. Well she didn't make it to us, the first waitress took our order.

It was 7:00 when our order was taken. The waitress was a bit miffed because she was supposed to be off work when our group arrived and she ended up having to stay to help the younger girls. The one that was supposed to take our order just took a couple and left.

While we were waiting for food the dealership raffles off prizes. We are to keep our tickets for the season as as the end they will be having some grand prize raffles. Also Fat Fender Freddies raffled off some shirts, jackets and stuff. Gary and I didn't win a thing this time. All the women did receive a charm.

Food started arriving and was placed in the order of how orders were taken, we waited very patiently knowing that we would be the last ones to get our food. We waited for 1 1/2 hours waiting for our food. Gary and I ordered burgers, so did our friends, not too sure what the other people ordered. Eight of us didn't get served.

Our friend Dale had enough. He asked a waitress how much longer it would take and she didn't know. They have a small kitchen and it takes time for a large group. By this time it's 8:15, the others that were served are done eating and we are still waiting. He asked her if she would go and check on the orders. She wouldn't and didn't.

By this time a storm is coming in with heavy rain and reports of hail. We don't want to be caught outside in the storm and riding the bike home is not fun in a storm.

The dealership owner told me that he though Fat Fender Freddies did an outstanding job serving the group. Fine for the ones who got their food, not fine for ones waiting 1 1/2 hours for burgers.

We left the establishment at 8:30, still no food. We finally got dinner at 9:30 and we missed the storm.

Found out the next day that our order came out 10 minutes after we left. Gary is afraid that the dealership owner will be mad at us for leaving, but waiting 1 1/2 hours for burgers is ridiculous.