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| - i've noticed a barrage of nasty, extremely negative reviews in the past few months for Tom's--the common denominator being that they are all out-of-town reviewers (though some seem to have roots in Pitt).
well, i'd like to reverse this trend (as an out-of-town reviewer)....
got there around 1am on a Monday nite, when most other places were closed.As it was before 'bar time', i imagine the service was decent due to the place not being so crowded....
any complaints about the food being not fresh at all seem to be unfounded, at least for what I ordered. Now when i say 'fresh', obviously that's a relative term, it IS a 24 hr diner so we're not talking about organic, free range, local grown blah blah blah...
having said that, the walnut apple salad with chicken was really good. lots of cranberries, and the chicken was pretty juicy. could have used less iceberg and more mixed greens, but it was much better than the soggy-ass 'balsamic' salad I had at Yard House the other day.
also ordered a spinach-artichoke dip which had REAL chunks of spinach and artichoke, and was not over-creamified by some gluey sludge that sinks like a weight in your stomach (like most artichoke dips). the pita bread was waaaay too buttery though. I avoided most of the pita.
(oh, p.s.--it is true on the filth factor (mentioned by previous reviewers) on the bathrooms--they are really run down).
despite that, thumbs up to the bright decor and upbeat (though not my favorite) 'digital jukebox' music playing in the joint...
anywhoozers, 4 stars for Tom's. Hopefully this will up their general rating a bit.
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