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| - Soooo, I'm pretty disappointed that Jocko's is gone and Tripps took its place. I had been so excited that we had a place in Broadview Heights which served interesting riffs on American and ethnic foods at pretty reasonable prices. Alas, the place changed ownership and the chef which created that interesting menu is now at Scoundrel's in Berea. The Wife and I stopped by today, curious whether the menu was the same or not. There were no menus posted and the friendly bartender/waiter invited us to seat ourselves. Though we were not super-hungry, (we had just had some tasty Froyo from Cece's, next door) we decided to give it a go.
The interior is typical American sports bar- lots of TV's showing typical sports channels. It hasn't changed too much, from what I recall from Jocko's- but to be honest, I didn't come to watch sports, I came for the food!
I'll cut to the chase, the menu has gone back to typical American bar food. I've posted some pictures so you can see what I'm talking about. Prices were reasonable, it seemed. I was sad that the short rib potato skins were off the menu, as they were AMAZING before.
We decided to split an artichoke flat bread and I decided to get one of the dollar dog specials. How can you go wrong with a dollar dog?
While we were waiting for our food, one of the owners stopped by and introduced himself- seemed like a nice guy. Explained that three folks had purchased the restaurant together. When I mentioned that we had previously really liked Jocko's, he remarked something along the lines that they were moving away from "frou frou" food and were giving a classic American sports bar experience, nice portions and good value. While we appreciated his entrepreneurial spirit, we were a little dismayed because we had come because we liked the aforementioned "frou frou" food. It was something different, local and at a good price.
The flatbread looked great when it arrived at our table, so we were pretty excited about it. Then we tasted it. Disappointing. The flat bread tasted similar to flattened toast, the cheese was flavorless and the tomatoes didn't have much flavor either. There was generous amount of it, but we had to slather it with Tobasco sauce to make it at all palatable. The hot dog was a hotdog, not necessarily high grade Ballpark style dog. Nicely grilled but I wonder if the bread was a little stale. I got my $1's worth from it.
I feel a little bad leaving a mediocre review, but I wanted to like this place- I appreciate people investing in my neighborhood. However, the food was ultimately disappointing, and ultimately, when I leave my house to eat some place, I want to pay for food that is better than what I could make at home, or at least different.
There is a certain crowd which would really enjoy this sort of place- I imagine it could be fun with a group of sports fans, watching the game and having some beer and wings together. But, I don't plan to come back to this place if eating is the primary thing on my agenda.
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