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| - Yes, this is just a Winking Lizard, and yes, it is just basically bar food. It used to be a Lizardville and we used to come at least once a week to grab some beers to go or for a meal. I was bummed when they up and moved all the goodies to Lakewood because the RR location is within walking distance to our house. But Winky Liz still has a large beer selection, free popcorn, and Pfred's Preferred Pfries which I love ordering for the ridiculous name. And ridiculous amounts of what is definitely not real cheese. Their pizzas are blah, but recently they've had some specials that somewhat impressed me - a lamb burger, ravioli caprese salad and veggie-stuffed pita. Ok, so they almost certainly don't make their raviolis in-house, or have the vegetables picked straight from some garden behind the AMC theater (ewe), but I don't hold them to that standard. The ravioli caprese salad was doused with a tad too much balsamic, but other than that was well executed. My pita was filled with lots of crisp, crunchy veggies as well as avocado, and just the right amount of ranch-type sauce. The pita itself was sturdy enough to not break open the second I bit into it, and yet it wasn't stale and cardboard-y. So no, this food is not revolutionary or farm-to-table by any means, but for standard bar food I'd much rather eat here than some of the chains and even local equivalents.
This is not true for all the WL's I've been to, but this location has always had great service, both now and when it was Lizardville. One warning: this restaurant is considered "Winking Lizard Light," so they don't carry the full menu of stuff that the other WL's have - for instance, no mac-n-cheese bites. Although, as our waiter informed us, they'd be happy to make us some nachos with their mac-n-cheese on top. Also, no actual lizard resides here.
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