I was told that this place was originally a Portuguese sports bar. Several elderly men would come and sit and drink coffee all day. My hope for the owners of Hadley's is that an equally dedicated clientele make this their home away from home soon.
Minus some opening night kinks things came off in fine style. Hadley's has a good solid menu for drinks and food. Expect fresh baked bread, meat and cheese smoked on the premises and good service.
The food is darn tasty with my only piece of criticism being perhaps the meat was too smoked. The meat on the ribs was tender as can be and fell off the bone but the smoke flavour was certainly at war with the sauce. Their fries are giant lovely cuts of crisp potato that were fluffy and soft on the inside and a lemon tart that was just fantastic. It was tart and fruity and had a mint leaf that looked like it had just been picked with a pile of fresh raspberries. Fantastic.
Hadley's bar tender (I apologize because I didn't get his name) has had a good number of years in the service industry under his belt. That's a big deal to me because I like to know that I'm in good hands when placing an order. He's full of good suggestions on what to drink with your meal and just seems to smile all the time. It's infectious.
If you're looking for a good pulled pork sandwich, super tasty club or diabetes friendly tart go to hadley's.
Also, stock ale on tap. Wow!