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| - When I was a wee lad back in the halcyon days of the 90s, I remember coming to Roc'n Doc's with my family, and seeing nothing but a haze of cigarette smoke that permeated the restaurant for a solid hour as I ate chicken fingers there.
How times have changed.
Roc's has definitely come up a lot over the years, and it's now a destination for people in the local area looking for good pub food and an interesting locale. Although it still feels a bit like a hole-in-the-wall bar, the experience in general is worth venturing out for.
I used to make this place a regular stop at the last company I worked with, and we'd always have meetings on the rooftop patio (which was built a few years back). There are very few places in the village with as good a view, and you can look out onto Lakeshore if you're sitting by the railing. There's even a full bar up there!
The food itself has always been dependable, and I've noticed that they've upped the quality of their dishes in recent years. Whether it's a standard gourmet burger or one of the steak options, rest assured that you'll always get generous portions that will leave you feeling satisfied.
Although the restaurant still carries the stigma of its dive bar past (walk in any day of the week and you're bound to run into one of the dozen barflies that frequent both this and Wingporium down the street), Johnny and the rest of the staff have done a stellar job setting this apart from other bars in the area. It doesn't get much riffraff at night, there are live bands playing virtually every night of the week, and their drink options are plentiful.
I recommend checking this out if you're in the neighborhood (though not at night if you're under 25, lol).
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