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| - I have been there twice, I didn't have a fantastic experience the first time (right after it opened), but I wanted to give it another shot in case we just had bad luck the first time.
And then happy hour happened today.....
My husband and I sat on the lawn with our dog, and it was such a perfect day to sit outside and sip on some wine and enjoy some bruschetta. That is....until 5-6 employees congregated at a nearby table/chairs outside to roll silverware in napkins, eat dinner, gossip, and talk on their phones (did I mention they were rolling SILVERWARE outside? on the grass? while pausing to take a bite of a their dinner? WHAT?). One of the utensil baskets was even sitting on the grass, the same grass that my dog was laying on. Perhaps another dog had laid in that same spot before they put the utensils on the ground (or heaven forbid went to the bathroom on that grass)? Then we saw another employee take something out to the dumpster and come back to continue rolling silverware withOUT washing her hands first.
So...finally a manager came out to tell them it wasn't appropriate for them to be eating out in front of customers, rolling silverware in the napkins on the ground, or talking on their phones. She didn't try to tell them this discretely, we heard it all. It was rather awkward, and kind of killed the ambiance for us. (although it was entertaining). It was like a watching a parent teach their highschooler a lesson about manners. So, they eventually put their food in to go containers, and picked up the utensils from the ground....to then continue to roll silverware outside while gossiping and not washing their hands after eating.
I don't know how many restaurants have 5-6 extra employees who can just sit around rolling silverware into napkins and eat dinner while on the clock....much less who will allow them to do it 10 feet from paying customers.
The food was yummy, and our server (not part of this other debacle) was fabulous. That is where the two stars come from.
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