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| - I went to this place because of a Groupon offer and the reviews on yelp were positive. I was very let down.
I assumed the atmosphere would be pretty good as others claimed, but it sucked. The room is one big open room, that is dimly lit. Being so large, it lacked any sort of cozy intimacy and the dingy light reminded me more of going out to a dive bar for a beer special. That was reinforced by all of the wall decorations coming from the Miller Light or Coors catalogs. Around 8:30, a band who was playing in the connected pub started and it was loud enough that it was annoying to talk over.
The food almost reached average for a comparable place. I got a burger since I hadn't had one in a while and left unsatisfied. To be fair, my last burger was at Tessaro's, which is fantastic, but here it was heavily spiced (lots of garlic and other spices) to the point that the flavor of the beef was lost. The worst part was that at $9, the burger was riding solo with no fries, vegetables, mashed potatoes, or anything. My friends were similarly underwhelmed with their meals.
Overall, I saw this as a restaurant trying to portray itself as cross between a pub and a nicer restaurant, but ended up doing neither well. I won't be going back.
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