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| - I really wanted to like The Yard so much so that I have been there at least 4 times. After all, it's in my neighborhood, it's an amazing space, has a modern and appealing menu, and on paper is a really great concept.
Disappointingly, many of those things are forgotten when you experience the place. First, if you've never been there, you likely will be confused about how to get in...what appears to be the natural entrance on 7th Street, has an a-frame sign telling you not to enter...as if you'll be able to read that entering off a busy road. So, do your best to work your way around the block to find that valet off a side street entrance. Oh, and that assumes that they don't have a sign up saying that the valet is full, therefore you need to fend for yourself and hope to not be towed.
From the first visit, the hostesses never quite seemed too happy to be there...which is kinda their job, I thought...you know, to be welcoming. So, at this point, if you're foolish like me, you'll keep going, rather than turn around. Because the service gets worse once you're seated...
...On my first visit, I chalked the poor service up to it being a new venue, and probably even gave the benefit of the doubt on the second visit. But after months having passed, and a couple more visits, I would say it's gotten even worse. It's obviously a busy place, and while I want to blame the individual servers for being inattentive, I think it naturally has to be management's failure to sufficiently staff for such a large crowd. As a result, when they finally get to you, they are physically and mentally taxed. That said, it's nearly impossible to even identify who the servers are, in part because they are allowed to wear whatever they want, thus blending in with everyone else in the restaurant.
The food, when you get it, is pretty good. The drinks, some are very good, some not so much (I can chalk some of that up to personal taste). But, again, those things get lost because everything up to that point is just greatly disappointing.
The best part of this place is leaving...
Save yourself the trouble and find someplace else on Yelp that has a more favorable star rating and more positive feedback.
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