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| - I loved Bradley Ogden's at Caesars and I wanted to love him for a long time at his new Tivoli Village location. A James Beardy in the hood...WOO HOO!!! Yeah, I admit I was palette pumped, but I still like to think I kept my expectations in check and on low key for fear of disappointment .
I couldn't remember if the decor had changed much since its Bottles and Burgers, Beer and Burgers, or whatever the heck that place was called before; which I had only been to once before, right before it closed. The surroundings and atmosphere are banal and ho-hum dull, but the tin ceiling is nice and I could move on, after all it's a farm to table venue, "but as I sat there watching, I had the feeling that something was missing...and it was ."
We did a lunch/happy hour hybrid.
"Let's break out the booze:"
Noam's Punch / Pusser's Rum, Amaretto, St. Germain
Firestone Walker, Pivo Pils
Great Basin, Icky / IPA
Sierra Nevada, Summerfest
Because our first round languished at the bar, The Noam's Punch glass was drenched in tears, like the forgotten foster child that it was, but tasty nonetheless. All the draft beers and wines are half price for HH, so "lets keep dancing."
Pre-lunch pickie:
Grilled cheese bites with tomato herb sauce
Maybe clowns, elephants and dancing bears would have helped.
"I'm not ready for that final disappointment "
Short Rib Patty Melt / provolone & gruyere, onion, "fancy sauce"
Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich / crispy bacon, roasted pepper, bibb lettuce, basil mayo.
Well, ready or not here it is, overwhelming drenched in mediocrity and tasteless calories.
A lot of 70's Elton John crooning in the background, but it didn't replace the Peggy Lee tune "Is That All There Is" that kept playing over and over in my head and on my palette.
And that's all there was!
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