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| - On first entering one of the newer places in town I must admit, I was expecting to be disappointed. The new restaurants opening up around town haven't exactly been impressing me and I didn't see why this place would do much better. I was excited to see something of a different style so I guess they had that going for them.
Let me just get this out of the way and say this place is great. It's not too expensive, the food is pretty great, and the staff was actually really friendly.
I went about two weeks ago on a Saturday night. The wait was about 90 minutes but the location was conveniently right next to the pig so we just went for a beer while we waited for our table. When we showed up they were still getting things ready but my friends and I decided that we'd just as well take the few empty seats up at the bar. We were greeted by a friendly and sharply dressed guy whose name and number I can't remember but I hope that they keep him around because he was pretty great to just be around (guy crush?). Started off by getting drinks, I ordered the sculpin the night away, and a half order of chicken wings. The drink was okay, nothing special, but it was what i expected. The chicken wings were rather tiny but the BBQ sauce they were tossed in must have had some sort of addictive drug in them because I couldn't stop eating them. My guy crush bartender then proceeded to tell me about a special appetizer they had going right now, a huge Delaware oyster, and I had to order it right away. I don't get the chance to have good oysters in central IL often so I try to take it when I get it. The oyster itself was great, if a little salty, but by that point I was buzzing off of the experience of the place, or maybe it was the drinks. Oh and speaking of drinks they had Casamigos tequila which I was pleasantly surprised to see. It's not the best but it's much better than paying ten dollars for a shot of patron. The bartender and I proceeded to talk about all of the places in downtown you could find good tequila (definite guy crush) and I ordered a shot of the reposado.
For my entree I ordered the chicken and waffles which on the menu has some cute and clever name referencing some lady maybe named Jenny or Sally or something. It came with a leg and thigh of dark meat and a tasty waffle with butter and syrup with some greens thrown in. I don't really know what to write about my experience eating it because quite honestly it's pretty hazy. I think I was just caught in some sort of tequila fueled chicken and waffle ecstasy for about half an hour. Needless to say i remember it being great. REALLY great.
Don't go here expecting anything fancy, and certainly don't go here expecting to get a table immediately if you come on a Friday or Saturday. Maybe go here expecting to be disappointed then waddle up to the bar and drink a little while stuffing your face with some decent eats. Maybe you'll find yourself in front of a sharp dressed tequila drinkin manly face oyster messiah that can hold your attention instead of some large TV screen with a game where they push a ball at a thing to win. Or maybe you won't. Who cares? I'll be coming back for sure.
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