Finally made it back to the brookside after it reopened, met up with the wife and her coworkers there on friday for happy hour and a light dinner. I admit I arrived a little later than the rest of the party but it couldn't have been more than 5-10 minutes. Upon arrival I found out there was only one waitress for the entire floor which was probably 4000 sq ft and 20+ tables, and it was reasonably busy. The rest of my party had already ordered food and had drinks. Wow this awesome GM must not grasp the concept that on friday afternoon's starting around 3-4ish mass amounts of people tend to like to drown away their sorrows. I ordered a fried shrimp basket and after about 5 minutes got my beer, then after another 20 or so minutes the rest of my party received their food. I proceeded to wait what felt like an additional half hour or more to get my food, and most of my party was finishing up their food. (this always bugs me being the last person to get their food, you have the feeling everyone else wants to leave, but you're still hungry) I'm not sure of the exact time but I recall checking the time and it had been around an hour. to their credit the shrimp was pretty good, and the beer was very cold. The menu a shadow of it's former self looks like a Fortune 500 company after it's latest quarterly earnings meeting. all in all a bit of a disappointment, being that the original incarnation of the brookside had it's share of unresolved problems to begin with.
I wouldn't say I wouldn't go back, but I don't think it's something I would suggest when asked.