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| - This restaurant is very close to my home, so I was very excited to see who wanted to try and compete with the very busy 4th Spot.
Some friends from out of town wanted to go out for supper, so I suggested The Block! It was a Sunday on the long weekend, and while everyone was out of town mostly, it was busier than they'd anticipated. Not busy, but busier. Some highlights: The restaurant was gorgeous, beautiful carved wooden table, gorgeous lighting and great chairs. It's a cool atmosphere inside despite the outside looking like this is a bar where VLTs come to die.
The server was sweet and nice, even allowed my friend to sample some of the ales on tap before committing to one.
Now for the downsides.. because it was busier than they'd expected, they were OUT of some items on the menu. Which weren't brought to our attention prior to deciding on food. It would've been nice to know food wasn't an option before deciding on it. This normally wouldn't be a big deal, but they already have a small menu to begin with and they were out of the pasta, flatbread AND chicken main.
I ordered a latte and was literally brought approx. 3 ounces of latte. For $4. Yeesh. So tiny.
Again, our server was very, very sweet but never around. She took terribly long amounts of time coming to our table to take orders, ask how food was, etc. Whenever we needed her she wasn't even in the restaurant, she was hiding in the back. We ordered the deep fried dill pickle slices and they were delicious! I had the arctic char, which was good but the sides seemed like they were under a lamp. Disappointing. My husband was disappointed with his pork shoulder as well. No desserts here, but in the end we spent over 2 hours here for what should've been an hour - 1.5 hours. Definitely disappointed with the service and food quality that evening. I might drop in again in the future for a quick pint, but all in all I don't think they're ready to compete yet with 4th Spot.
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