What a surprise! I expected this place to be crawling with young college kids (sorry college kids.). But I was happy to find it full of professionals coming in on a Friday night to check out the awesome happy hour.
I stopped in with 7 co-workers on a Friday! I was the first to arrive. I walk in and look around for a hostess stand... nothing. I'm doing that distressed "what the hell do I do now" look around. Waitresses walk past, no one says anything. I finally flag someone down and ask "is there a hostess stand"? Nope, no hostess. You snag your own table. (Apparently there is a sign outside, that I didn't see. Get it together Bar Louie, it takes 3 seconds to say, "Seat yourself" when someone misses the sign. It has to happen all day and I think they are VERY silly for walking past me like they did.) Good thing I got there just before 430, there was a huge 8 top table open... and there were exactly 8 of us coming.
After seating myself, a waitress stops by to show me the HH specials and the menu. This is where this place really made an impression.... HH 4-7pm! Awesome food and drink deals. They had a Hendrick's Martini on the HH ($5.25).... awesome.
I enjoyed my appetizer (calamari), side salad and I had the dirty Martini x 2. Good deal, total 18 bucks. I am with it.
My return factor is 50%. A definite return for HH after work.