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| - I hate to compare, but face it, this is supposed to be a bit like The Penguin. Unfortunately, it is the Penguin, minus Plaza Midwood, the history, and the people. Relying on super greasy, fried foods and a full bar, Pinkies is located in West Charlotte, which is frankly kind of a bad place to be considering that all there is in this area of West Charlotte is hamburger joints. The only reason it gets 2 stars is the fried pickles. Those fried pickles just have a way of making things better. I had the chicken tenders and my mom had a hamburger (I guess I should've been a little more creative, but I thought it would be difficult to mess up chicken tenders...guess not). Her hamburger came with nothing but well...a greasy hamburger in a basket. My chicken tenders were a bit burned, but the fries were great. We had 3 different waitresses checking up on us, but getting the check took a long time. A group came in (we went on a Monday afternoon...a teacher workday) and wanted to be seated, and getting enough tables together took about 10 minutes and space was very crammed. I'd like to think that this was because it was at prime lunchtime, but how in the world do they handle Saturday night crowds, especially when the parking lot has about 6 spots? Guess I'll have to go back someday and see.
Overall, this is no Penguin, so don't go in looking for that. The food was eh, the service was eh, the location is eh, it just wasn't what I hoped it would be. I guess if I were old enough to drink I would've enjoyed it more...
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