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| - Plus one on Rachel F.'s assessment of the manager/owner lady. What a weirdo! My friends and I had already eaten dinner and just wanted a few drinks; I guess we were much deceived by the word "TAVERN" in this place's name. We asked the server who seated us if it was okay if we ordered drinks only (in their *nearly empty*, post-9PM dining room). A while later the odd lady appeared, hovering awkwardly over us until we stopped talking, and asked if we were ordering food. We explained the situation and without smiling, she awkwardly touched my friend and then drifted away. She reappeared about 15 minutes later to ask, "You people are ordering food, I HOPE?" and then stared at us while we blinked in disbelief. Insulted and creeped out, we bluntly asked her if drinks-only was a problem, and if we should settle up and leave. She replied that it was fine, that they are "open until Midnight!", and floated away once more. We were wondering if perhaps she sincerely did not remember asking previously, when she appeared a THIRD TIME and asked the identical question about whether we "had food coming". We reminded her of the events of the previous hour and she defensively (as if we had gotten inexplicably aggressive) told us "it's no problem; just hang out!". Suffice it to say this is our first and last visit to Brooklyn Definitely-Not-A-Tavern-By-Any-Stretch-Of-The-Imagination.
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