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| - Being a certified sports bar aficionado, as well as a Buffalo wing addict, I had to try this place after my wife and I moved to Tempe. Bottom line: Food's really good, service, not so much.
Boston's is a run of the mill sports bar, very dark with enough TV screens to handle an NFL Sunday and more. Which is good, because it's also an off track betting site. The number of screens devoted to horse and dog racing at any given time far outnumbers the OTB patrons there, based on my several visits, but there's plenty of sports choices available.
The OTB area is a separate room within view of the main dining room and the bar. As stated, it doesn't seem to get a lot of betting action, but that may just be a function of the time of day/night. I'm not a gambler, so don't really care.
We found the food above average for a sports bar, actually. As a wing freak (see above), my first order was the happy hour wings ($5.99, a real bargain). These are HUGE compared to other places, and are available in a lot more flavors than one usually finds in this kind of restaurant. I've had them several times and have never been disappointed. My wife and I have also tried the burgers and fish and chips; both were fine.
The problem with Boston's is spotty service. If you're at the bar, you'll find the bartenders friendly, attentive, and efficient. The same can't be said for the wait staff. While I'm a pretty undemanding customer (I once worked in a restaurant and have a lot of empathy with waiters and waitresses), I've waited for up to ten minutes to be even approached by a waitress for a drink order while sitting at one of the tables. And this wasn't an isolated occurrence; one evening, after going through the aforementioned wait, it was generally 15-20 minutes between any contact with the waitress, who was busy chatting with other customers (this is, after all, a neighborhood bar, so I assume there's some familiarity between the wait staff and the clientele).
This type of behavior isn't a rarity; my wife and I once waited fifteen minutes to simply get our check paid.
I can't speak for the "karaoke crowd", as I avoid karaoke like the Black Death, and am out of any establishment as soon as the overweight iced tea drinkers start tuning up;)
While we really like Boston's food and sports bar amenities, we've decided to sit at the bar from now on. I will say that at one happy hour, I was waited on by the manager, who was quite friendly and efficient. This attitude needs to be imparted to the rest of the wait staff.
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