"We arrived early and were seated right away, which was nice, but we were seated in front of the door so every time it opened we got a cold breeze, which was not so nice. Our server was not enthusiastic to see us, to say the least. We had to ask him to repeat himself several times because he was talking so low. He did not give us any information about the specials nor ask if we wanted appetizers. He brought the menus and asked if we were ready to order right then. Um, no, we need to look at the menu. I ordered the schnitzel and grits. The grits and collard greens were OUTSTANDING. I could have eaten a bowl of them alone and been very happy. The schnitzel was disappointing. It was served with 'tomato bacon jam ' supposedly. In reality, it was served with large chunks of tomatoes in sugar water which sogged up the crust of the schnitzel to make it mushy and unappetizing. There was no taste to the 'jam ' other than sweet. Tomato jam and bacon jam are usually sweet, smokey, tangy, spreadable, and have a jam like consistency and are DELICIOUS. I don 't know what this stuff was but it was not tomato bacon jam and it totally wrecked the dish. My friend had shrimp in cajun cream sauce. I tasted it. Not spicy at all. She was disappointed with her dish for lack of spice and they left the shrimp tails on which made the dish messy to eat. My other friend ordered the scallops over risotto. She liked the dish but did say all she could taste were leeks. Our bill came before we were finished eating so I guess the chocolate pie for dessert was a 'no go '. Will I be back to Trade Street Diner? Probably not since there are so many great choices in Winston in which to spend my money."
