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| - I love a restaurant that is has a dog-friendly patio, that will always get my business at least once. We've eaten here twice this week, and I found it to be a mixed lot. On both occasions the service was not as good as I'd expected: I don't want staff at my arm every five minutes, but letting my tea go empty for 15+ minutes is excessive.
Sunday visit: had the bacon burger with the truffle oil, ordered medium well. Medium well means between medium and well-done. It was decidedly more on the medium side of that scale, which made for a sad burger. Having said that, the parm/garlic fries were quite good, though I thought they were also a little under-done. We also had an appetizer basket of fried calamari, sadly it was very chewy. The breading flavor and dipping sauces were good, but it took a lot of jaw action to get them down. It also seemed like the wait staff was busy bustling about and not getting a lot done, full of sound and thunder but signifying nothing. It's possible they were under-staffed for a Sunday afternoon, I don't know.
Wednesday we met friends there, some of whom frequent the place, we walked and brought our dog. The patio seating was nice, but again, the service was not up to what I think are decent standards. I think they should have one person on the patio with a ticket station out there, instead there were long periods of time that no staff were out there. The food was a much better experience, I had the Sonoran Hot Dog and it was excellent, I'd definitely return for it.
That being said, everyone else liked their food, so overall, I'd say good food but don't expect top-notch service.
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