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| - I had a HORRIBLE experience at the Firehouse Grille when I was in town for a wedding. It was in a darling downtown district, so I thought it would be good. Wrong.
For starters, the place was practically empty and it took forever for one of the staff to come over and seat us. While the ambiance was fine--staple bar atmosphere--the staff was not. Our waitress had only us as a table and took 20 minutes to bring our drinks. Once she did, it took her another 10 minutes to come back and take our order. For those of you counting, that's 30 minutes just sitting at the booth waiting to order in an empty bar.
I ordered the nachos with ground beef. When she brought them out, the cheese was cold. The worst part was the 'ground beef.' It was literally torn up pieces of a hamburger patty! It had been seasoned and cooked as a hamburger, so the flavor of that mixing with the nacho ingredients was TERRIBLE. My date's food was fine, nothing spectacular, and I wound up sharing it with him. The waitress made some comment about me being a 'prissy city girl' and that's why I must not have liked my nachos. For the record, I'm from rural Missouri, and that sort of behavior from a server does not earn tips, and so she didn't.
Oh, and we never got refills.
Big thumbs down. I would avoid this if in the downtown area, but there seemed to be other options in the district--go there instead.
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