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| - I hadn't been to this restaurant in years, since a. I lived out of state and b. When PA changed the laws they continued to allow smoking upstairs and I'm highly allergic. I found out they finally stopped allowing smoking anywhere inside and decided to try them again.
I attend a lot of Penguins games & concerts and normally go just down the street to eat/drink before the game with friends and family. Since I go straight from work, I'm always the first to arrive. No one else has an issue with seating me alone to wait for the rest of my party. Though the Souper Bowl was EMPTY (so empty that I was wandering around alone with no one greeting me and the next person in the restaurant thought I was the one working) at this time.
Though there was almost no one there (me and this other woman, who took a couple of menus and seated herself), when I mentioned that there were two in my party and we needed to see the Pirates game, the woman weirdly (and rudely) asked if they were THERE NOW... Um... Clearly not. She could see it was just me. I told her I could show her texts and my boyfriend was on his way. The woman next to her (older and presumably higher on the food chain) said something about me being "that way" already (which confused me - they were accusing ME of not really having a party of two, making it clear that if I were there alone, which I sometimes am at restaurants before shows no one else wants to attend with me - like the ballet or gymnastics) they would NOT want my business... Anyway, the second woman explained that they didn't seat until the whole party was present. (I can see why - like I said, they were PACKED... NOT.) As I started to walk away, she said they may be able to help me upstairs. No thanks. I went back down the street to The Cafe on 5th where they've never had ANY problem seating me alone (whether I'll later be a table of 2, 4, or more) and treat me very well. I don't need to pay to be treated rudely.
There was a Pirates game before the Penguins game last night, so I'm sure the Souper Bowl was completely packed. However, I attend a LOT of games and I'm just as sure that's not always the case. I'll never return. They clearly didn't care about my business that night, but I am telling all my friends and my Dad and his girlfriend attend a lot of games (and drink a lot), too. He'll stick with the Cafe on 5th, too.
No clue if the food is good or not and I don't care. I'd much rather be treated like a person the restaurant/bar would like to serve than someone they couldn't care less about. The feeling is mutual. Beware.
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