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| - We bought a Groupon in order to try this new area restaurant. Should have read the reviews before buying the coupon but live and learn.
We were greeted and after figuring out where we wanted to sit, it was at least 10 minutes before someone came over and asked if anyone had talked to us. When we said no, she said she would have someone come over right away. A young man appeared and offered us something to drink; we ordered water to start. It took at least 5 more minutes for the water to come. At this time, I had noticed that there were two different appetizer menus...one for happy hour and one on the regular menu. When I asked him about the difference between the two artichoke dips (both had entirely different descriptions including different dippers) he said he didn't know. I sent him to the kitchen to find out. Took a few minutes, but he did come back and said that they were the same thing. We ordered one. My partner told him we were ready to order dinner and he said he would be right back...needed to go get a pen.
We ordered a ceasar salad to share, the chicken breast dinner with garlic mashed and an open face prime rib with roasted potatoes. With a name like "Garlic & Shots" you would expect to see a menu full of garlic inspired goodies...not so at this place.
After about 20-25 minutes, out came the young man with the salad. He explained that there was a mix up in the kitchen and the artichoke dip wasn't ready and asked if we still wanted it or should he take it off the bill. I told him we wanted it. Literally a minute later out came a woman carrying our two plates of dinner. When she realized that we had just gotten the salad, she said to the young man..."do you want these now or should I take them back to the kitchen?" He replied to take them back to the kitchen but I spoke up and said I was concerned that they would be placed under a heat lamp waiting until we were ready. She said no, that they would give them to someone else and make us fresh plates. Really?
After a couple of bites of the world's most salty ceasar salad, we decided that we had had enough and decided to end the dining experience at that point. When we asked for a manager, several minutes later the women who had tried to delivered our dinner plates came up and said she was the manager on duty. We began to explain our disappointment and at that moment another gentleman showed up to listen to what we were saying. His response was, "Oh well" and he turned to walk away. Was he an owner? We will never know.
We won't be back and we are laying wagers that this place won't last long. One reviewer thought they'd be gone by next Valentines Day...our guess is by the end of summer if not sooner.
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