Joey Barlow is my safe spot, what I mean by that is when we can't decide where want to eat we always end up at Joey's. Not because Joey's has the best food in the city or that it's service rivals the best of the best but truly because my experience there is usually always average or above.
Like usual on a Friday night the entire restaurant from lounge to dining room was packed full of people having a bite to eat and enjoying a drink or two. I understand when I see a restaurant this packed I am going to expect service to be lower than usual if it wasn't.
Our server was nice, I know she tried really hard to be a good server but without much organization means she is slow and it pretty much takes asking two or three times before we get what we need.
I had a crappy experience of having the Chimchurri Steak during lunch hour at The Barley Mill so I wanted a re-do (I really wanted steak) so I got the 7oz cab sirloin that comes with the crispy mashed potatoes (my favorite thing in the world) and some roasted vegetables.
Unlike The Barley Mill who's Medium Rare steak ended up being like Medium to Medium-Well my steak at Joey's although it's never always perfect was made exactly to how I wanted a Medium Rare steak to be like.
The other reason why I like Joey's is because it's much like pub Cheers. You always know people who are there and eventually the waitresses know your name. Ha.