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| - I don't get all the negative reviews about this place. I guess if you get a bad night of service that could do it, but I personally love Pugs. It's close by so I am there often when I want to stay local. I've eaten here a ton of times and can't remember ever having a bad meal. The menu has a great variety, everything from salads, entrees, subs, pizza...pretty much you name it. They offer a long list of daily specials each day that includes some different, unique options, and usually a great offering of fresh fish specials. This is not a high end restaurant...it's a casual neighborhood place with a nice atmosphere and a menu consisting of a lot of your basics...prime rib on weekends, pastas, steaks, your typical chicken dishes, etc, but it's been consistently good in my experience. I rarely order chicken as an entree when I'm out, since it's so easy to make at home, but if I do order it, this is the only place....their chicken Romano is by far the best I've ever had. So crispy on the outside. If you're a chicken orderer...I highly recommend it. They offer a nice selection of apps, and people love the fried zuch. The bar area is great, lots of bar seats and tables if you prefer. Yes, as so many have complained about, the bar is smoking. It does not bother me and I don't find it smokey in there. But if bothers you the non smoking dining room is an option. They have a nice selection of beers both on tap and bottled. They get seasonal selections in as well. Full menu can be ordered in the bar. Most of the bartenders are great, except for one in my opinion. The blonde chick that works the day shift on weekdays could be friendlier. She's usually still there when I arrive for happy hour, and she's very non-friendly to women. She's all nice and fine to the old man regulars that sit there all day as I'm sure she likes their tips, but guess what honey...if you're nice and friendly to me I'd tip you well also. She's not very welcoming to those that aren't her regulars. So, disregarding her as the one bad point of this review, I'll still give it 5 stars. I had one bad experience with a take out order...they have a great wing selection and I ordered my usual kind, brought them home and they were so well done and over cooked I could barely eat them. Now this was once in probably 15 times ordering them, so...well...we all have a bad night once in awhile.
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