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| - Met a friend here for drinks recently and was oh so pleasantly surprised. When this place was first suggested, I thought, uh oh, another pretentious place in the heart of materialistic provincial snobbery surrounded by rubes trying hard to impress one another with their disposable overextended credit cards ;-P
I arrive and grab a seat in the laid back, heated outdoor patio. There's a guy that resembles Lou Reed, strumming his guitar with an excellent choice of tunes. I kick back and enjoy the atmosphere, which is surprisingly not pretentious, except for the arrogant clown behind me demanding his CRUH-DYTES from the poor waitress that obviously forgot to bring them. He is rude, he is obnoxious and he's a dick who's probably just looking for an excuse not to tip the poor gal who made an honest mistake on a busy night, while trying to impress his friends with his demanding arrogance.
At any rate. Friend arrives, we order a nice bottle of white wine and a few appies while we just sit back, chat, and enjoy the evening. Service is competent and friendly. Wine is good. Food is decent but nothing spectacular but the music is. I wish I could remember this guy's name. He was THAT good. I especially enjoyed the moment when a little girl (about 4 years old), shyly approaches him to make a deposit in his tip jar. He sees her and starts to play AND sing "the wheels on the bus go round and round" and the little girl is absolutely delighted and starts dancing. Now that's what I call a class act. Everybody loved it.
Kudos to him and kudos to this place for their business acumen. I've since been back one more time and hope to return soon............maybe this weekend???
In the meantime, can anybody give me the name of the musician, so we can go when he's playing again??? He didn't look like any of the guys listed on their calendar, so it remains a mystery.
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