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| - Jazzmatazz is awesome (yes, I gave you a nickname - I don't think your name is really Jazzmine. That's just TOO unique of a spelling. I would like to view it on your driver's license). If you have dined with me, you know that I always want my food my own way and may or may not know that I worry if the server doesn't record the nuances of my request on paper. My concern is founded in statistical fact - it comes wrong 26% of the time if the server doesn't write it down, and only 8% if it is committed to carbon (I have a spreadsheet...)
I have been to Taps and Tales twice in the last two weeks, because the first time I wanted to like it, but I hated it. Jazzmatazz was amazing but the food was not. Kat F and I had a 3 course Winterdelicious menu - even though I KNEW I should order something from the bar menu... I got caught up in high fives and laughs and the genius of naming your prix-fixe menu Winterdelicious and Taps and Tales got the best of my 'what would this place cook well' judgment. Anyways, they did have good taps and I was intrigued by their confused decor so I wanted to try it again; the buy a pint and get half off wings deal was just the right thing to get me back in the door... with a table of friends.
The Best:
Jazzmatazz. She is beautiful, good natured and has good taste in beer. She got my order PERFECT without writing it down and didn't give me a hard time about making it a hard order (...both times). She gave us all separate bills with no hassles and a side of water for J-Lo's whiskey (not a Teachers).
The good:
- The booths have their own light dimmer which allows you to control the light over your table.
- They have good chicken wings. They were crispy and saucy and came with veggies and bleu cheese. They dip was particularly fantastic as it came in a big bowl suitable for dipping the entire wing. Next time I would get hot, medium is pretty weak and has a ketchupy bent.
- On Wednesdays wings are half price with a pint, and they have a good list of draught beers. There is a special every night, but Wednesdays caught my attention for obvious reasons (chicken wings... beer... deal...)
- The ambiance is hilarious - I will take you on an imaginary 360 degree tour. Imagine you walk in, and are impressed at first glance. Then you sit down in a brown pleather booth and enjoy the novelty of having your own light switch... but then you notice that everything in here came from Winners and the liquor bottles are lit up like a gay bar on an aluminum background. I don't know what's up with whoever decorated this place but it's...weird. And I kinda like it. I will like it more when everything gets a bit worn out and broken in.
The bad:
- Winterdelicious was bad. The food was bad. Order from the bar menu instead to avoid disappointment. Specifically:
(a) my salad was wicked-lame, with dry, chewy sundried tomatoes (get the ones in oil, jesus) and bag salad leaves
(b) my steak was cooked nicely, but I always prefer a smaller better quality cut. Taps and Tales does not.
(c) crème brulee - this was interesting... Jazzmatazz warned us that we were getting one that had been completely set and another that was out of the oven. If you have ever had crème brulee out of the oven... it sucks. That shit needs to set. Anyways... we should have changed our order and got a different dessert when they told us the 2nd crème brulee was not ready (which they did when we ordered it and we took it anyways). Kind of our bad, but also kind of theirs for not just saying they only had one left. I will share this item of fail with them 50/50.
- When I asked for my wings saucy, they charged me and extra .75 for sauce. You thought I didn't notice, didn't you... I did, and it's not a big deal, because it's 75 cents... but I was also kind of like, why are you charging me for making wings saucy, you should make them how I want them. You took cheese OFF my salad from the Winterdelicious menu and didn't give me a refund, didn't you. I am okay with paying an extra $1.50 for extra veggies (there were lots and they were cleaned nicely), but the .75 for the 'extra sauce' is nickel and diming. To be clear, this comment is about the classiness of your establishment and not about $0.75. I have 75 cents if you really need it for more Winners artwork.
I will definitely go here again. I will eat so many chicken wings here over the course of so many Wednesdays that you will learn both my first and last name, Jazzmatazz. I might even learn your real name.
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