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| - I'll give Churchill credit right away for one very important amenity: It has a patio.
The inherent downside to this patio is that its on the east side of the building, meaning by 5pm the patio is completely shaded from the sun. Despite that fact, it's a patio in an area of limited patio options, so we made it our destination of choice.
Upon first arrival, service was friendly and on point. Within an hour of our arrival, we began sitting with empty glasses and plates, struggling to get table service for more drinks or food. The beers that did come out got poured worse and progressively foamier with larger amounts of head, and it ended up taking over 3 hours for a few drinks and couple orders of food.
On the food tip (which is admittedly the reason that encouraged me to go here), the Almighty Bao has taken over the kitchen where Luthers used to sling fried chicken from. Almighty Bao is offering a multitude of fusion inspired bao sandwiches and other bastardized asian foods.
The pork belly bao was perhaps the most traditional of the bao sandwich items, and was the best thing I tasted during the night. The chicken club bao was well liked (save for the seaweed chip placed in the middle), but the hamburger bao is admittedly the least impressive of the food items. Beyond the bao, the chicken dumplings were pretty good, and the hot sauce they came with complimented them well.
All in all, the place was decent. If things weren't such a struggle on the service front and taking as long as they did to wrap things up I'd even be leaning towards a 4th star. Unfortunately the time spent vs money spent vs enjoyment had ratio just doesn't balance out.
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