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| - Had an early dinner yesterday at Union Depot Taverne. First time there since the reopening after the Pufferbelly closed. I went with high hopes and was VERY let down. We were seated promptly because it was not busy yet. Then we waited for what seemed to be too long for our server to acknowledge our presence. When she finally came, we ordered our drinks and dinner since we had had plenty of time to study the menu. We ordered burger/fries and a dinner salad each. Our drinks finally arrived, but you could tell the server had forgotten them and only remembered as she rushed through the dining area. She stated she would be bringing our salads shortly, and so we waited again. Then the next thing you know, our burgers were there, brought by a different server. When we questioned her about the lack of a salad, she said she would get our server, who did materialize with two salads in hand, saying there had been a "miscommunication" with the kitchen. We declined the salads and asked that they be packed up to go since I like to eat my salad before the meal but I didn't want the burger and fries to get cold while I ate my salad. So we took them home and I ate it at home. Lettuce was soggy, croutons were soggy, and the bleu cheese dressing tasted like they added vinegar to it to stretch it further to lessen their cost.
The manager (maybe owner) visited every table in the dining area where we sat except ours. We were charged for the salads and I threw them out at home after attempting to enjoy it.
As far as the rest of the meal, the burger was cooked medium rare as I like it but was tasteless and overpowered by the huge bun, Fries were fair. The brewed Iced Tea was the only redeeming thing of the experience.
I never write reviews about restaurants but I felt compelled to do so today, maybe because my anticipation was so great because I was hoping for the Pufferbelly of old. That was not to be and we will not be returning there again.
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