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Went here on a Saturday night around 8:30p with a big group (15 people) and were politely told that it could be a really long wait for such a large party. Unfortunately they don't do (at least that's what I was told by a friend) reservations on Saturday night - even for such a large party. Fortunately (or unfortunately for my girlfriend & I) the rest of the party had not shown up yet and since we decided to wait around til more people came by before contemplating on leaving, we were able to find seats at the bar for at least 10 people. The bar area started to empty out a smidge by about 9-915pm so it allowed our big group to sit as close to each other as possible.
Food-wise, the restaurant serves some very Jack Astors-esque dishes, from nachos and tacos to deep fried restaurant calamari and specialty burgers. Lots of drinks available and they have daily specials for those who want to kick back and relax a bit. The dish that I was most looking foward to was the Tuna Poke, which is something I've been looking to try at any restaurant to be frank, but I may have hyped myself up a bit too much.
Ordered myself a pint of Sapporo ($6), an order of Tuna Poke ($13) and a Local Burger with Yam Fries ($14.75 + a smidge extra for the fries, which I wasn't told was extra but should've expected it I guess) and finished off with an order of Churros ($6) and it's what I expected from a bar first, restaurant second type of joint.
Burger wasn't the greatest - I tasted more hot sauce than any other flavour that the burger was supposed to have. The patty itself was also on the dry side and much smaller than I had anticipated. The bartender recommended the Brooklyn burger and others in the group seemed to have enjoyed that one better. The yam fries, well they were yam fries... and the poke, was just essentially tuna sashimi with some garnish, avocado and other minced toppings... definitely not what I was expecting but again I feel like I hyped myself up too much. The churros made up for it I suppose since they were of decent size and fluffyness, while the chocolate hazelnut dipping sauce had marshmallows inside em!
Overall, not a bad take on a Bar/Restaurant joint. Wouldn't go out of my way to eat here though.
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