The wife and I went here to see the Steelers beat the Jets in the AFC championship game. I've been to PJ Clarke's in NYC a few times so I wanted to see how this was.
The location on the 1st floor of the newer Forum Shops area is kinda weird but the set up is pretty nice. I can't believe Villa Reale was in the same spot a year ago.
It was pretty easy to find 2 stools at the bar. Beer prices were standard for the strip. I can't justify paying $7 for a pint of Miller Lite so I opted for $10 bottles of Duvel. You're pretty buzzed after 3 of those babies.
The bar has an interesting widescreen TV built into the wall. Its a set of 8 screens that combine into one and can separate to 2, 4 or 8 things showing. It looks like a mirror when the TV is off which is kinda cool. The lines between the screens still annoyed my when watching the game on the full screen though. The bartender told me the bar was able to obtain this pre CES and its the only place in the US to have one. He also said it cost more than 6 figures to purchase and install which is kinda crazy.
We also got an order of fried calamari Rhode Island style which had a lot of hot peppers on it and tasted great. This is also the only place I've ever ordered calamari where no tentacles were served. I dig the tentacles!!
Raw bar looked awesome but its hard to compete with Joe's right across the way. The bartender also said they haven't done any marketing for the place yet. What's taking so long?