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I have been to North Park Lounge a few times now, and this past time was the first time I ordered food. First the good, and actually the great thing about NPL is the outdoor bar area, something Murrysville bars/restaurants don't have. It is large, on a big deck covered, but open, with a ton of seating and a big bar equipped with several televisions for your viewing pleasure. They also have a fine selection of drafts, and next year plan to open a cabana bar, which could prove to be pretty awesome.
So now the not so good. Last time I stopped there was late on a Thursday night. I was starving, running around all day, and literally had no food in me, so my mood was hangry. Being hangry I swear I probably could've eaten about anything and thought it was good or better. No so much this night.
When we got there we went to the outdoor bar. As we were sitting down on the stools a bartender stood in front of us. Both hands spread out on the bar as he leaned in at us and stared us down. I looked up, said "hello." He does return the gesture but the stance was awkward and unwelcoming. He asked what we wanted to drink. Never asked if we were eating, so I said "you're still serving food right?" He said yea and went to fetch menus. I ordered a beer while I perused the menu. Okay this menu is ridiculous. It has to be 8-10 pages. Way too much. Also with all kinds of food options like pizza, wings, taco's, hamburgers, sandwiches, pasta's, ribs, fish dinners and many more. The point being is the menu is so vast there is that great feeling that nothing can really be done great, or fresh cause there is just too much.
I decided on a Reuben sandwich with my thought process being, who can screw that up? I'm starving and Reuben's are usually big, and it's an all around comforting food when you are dealing with a case of the hangrys. My husband got a pulled pork sandwich. Mine came with regular fries, his sweet potato.
So we waited for our food. The servers all seemed to be a little immature. They would gather and talk not really walking around cleaning up things or making sure people were taken care of. So out comes our food. First impression. Damn this is a small Reuben... I mean pretty damn small... The meat was skimped, as was the thin bread, and the toppings. Next the fries. Bloody awful, stone cold and hard. They were clearly made a while back in large batches and thrown on my plate with my sandwich. I couldn't finish one of them. They didn't even attempt to warm them just bring them out cold. This became obnoxiously obvious when I tasted one of his sweet potato fries, which were not only warm but crispy. Yep, it's safe to say they make at least one kind of fry to order. Moving on my small sandwich was not pleasing. I was so hungry I swear I could have eaten a boiled flip flop. This sandwich had a very funny metallic taste to it. I ate it, mostly because I was so hungry, but it really wasn't good. I took the last few bites and tried to dissect where the weird taste was coming from. I tried the meat alone and it seemed okay, but when I got to the sauerkraut and the sauce I could detect the rancid taste stronger. I didn't finish that last bite, and the bartender took my plate away without asking how it was or even commenting on why I didn't touch the fries. My husband's sandwich was also a fail, the pork, was dry yet greasy, and they bottom part of the bun disintegrated when he picked it up for the first time since it was saturated in grease.
I will come back here to drink, since their outdoor facility is so nice, but I highly doubt I will ever eat here again. If they can screw up the simple things, I can't imagine something more complex in there overstuffed menu.
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