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| - Bigham... Bigham... what do I think about Bigham Tavern.
That is a pretty good question. I really want to like Bigham. Several of my friends live within walking distance of Bigham, and it is certainly a nice step down form the steep prices, perched on Grandview.
This another one of those places that I wish had a regular crowd featuring a know-it-all mailman and an accountant who is (for all intents and purposes) fused to his bar stool. Sadly, it is overrun with "Bros" and "Dudes" and girls who look like this wasn't their first choice, but the South Side was at capacity.
The staff is hardworking, but they never seem to be able to keep up. I've often sat for 15, 20, sometimes 25 minutes after saying "can i get my check" only to have it come and not be quite accurate. The food is ok, and the prices are a little higher than the food quality would mandate, but they are not astronomical.
We've gone there for football and hockey games in the past, and though many of the TVs are HD sets, there is often not an HD feed in them. This is annoying to me.
There is a back room with pool table and electronic darts, but it feels unfinished... like you are in the basement of a McMansion that was supposed to have a rec room, but Dad got caught in an insider trading scandal and had to lay off the workers so now you go down there to escape the heat even though there isn't much to do.
I don't know... i want to like this place, and i think there is potential but the clientele and the poor service just leaves me very ambivalent about Bigham.
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