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| - B - List. Earl's is a fun place particularly on the summer patio. Earl's management appears to have adopted an Interesting selection process when hiring employees. The staff could be considered young as well as the front-line duty managers. The food is good and relatively expensive given ingredients, portion and preparation of food. The decor is Interesting. I am not sure what words would adequately describe the interior. For distractions from your date, there are plenty of plasma screens in view with mostly irritating music videos blarring and/or sporting events. Did I say this place can be really noisy? Keep yelling at your dinner date!
Service? Hit and miss. Some days are good; the right person who knows what they are doing and demonstrates a minimum standard of care and knowledge will surprise you. On other occasions, the service is, quite frankly, high-schoolish with the manager pretending to apologize for the staff's lack of training, work and life experience. Additionally, observation, listening, and thinking skills are, at times, in short supply . It is obvious to many that these foibles are not one time events.
Still people line-up to get in, human behavior what it is. There is, in general, better food and more pleasant dining experiences elsewhere. But that is not why people come to Earl's. I suspect many come due to the 'scene' the Earl's originators have created for the public, a manufactured 'hip and happening' place where you can let your mind wander as you survey the landscape within or feel 'in the zone' as the conversation noise levels cascade throughout the evening. You suddenly feel as if you are some place important, as you are.
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