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| - I haven't made up my mind about this place. I stopped in tonight after reading other reviews and left thinking it's definitely a mixed bag.
The menu is varied and exciting but words can sound much better than something tastes. I had the Tower Burger with bacon and blue cheese and it was great (a little too much blue cheese, I had to scrape most off to taste actual burger). This was accompanied by sides of caprese pasta, which was excellent (I loved the tiny mozzarella balls), and the garlic smashed potatoes that were dry and only hinted at a garlic component. Another Yelper's raves led me to try the bread pudding which I can best describe as 3" of cool whipped cream on top of 2" of warmed bread pudding on top of 1" of seriously undercooked egg and bread bits. Yeah, is-it-raw?-kinda-undercooked. Still trying to get the taste out of my mouth.
The service...was nice at the counter, spotty and freaky everywhere else. I was offered and chose to "have my dessert later" and was told that I "could let them know anytime when I wanted it." However, the [blur of a] staff doesn't stop at tables unless they're dropping off food or clearing it away. So I venture up to the counter to inquire about my pudding and literally get accosted by a woman who starts following me like a rent-a-cop and *shouting* 'SIR! SIR! DO YOU NEED SOMETHING?! SIR, DO YOU NEED SOMETHING?!' Seriously, my first thought is 'who the hell is this woman?' Ah, apparently some sort of manager. Not the best demeanor to approach and address customers. A few minutes later as I'm eating my pudding and thoroughly engrossed in reading something, the same voice begins *shouting* again from ten feet away, 'HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR PUDDING?!' and repeats herself because my look upward isn't to respond but to see who's being addressed and why is someone shouting at them?
Overall, I was not impressed by the staff.
I do plan on returning one more time in the future, only because the menu is so intriguing that I am curious to see if some other entree can be tasty enough to overcome the faults in this first visit.
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