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| - I've been to this place a number of times in the past year due to family business bringing me to this neighborhood. Four stars for burgers averaged with two stars for service adds up to three stars. The primary draw of the place for me is that the burgers are some of the best in Lakewood. I've tried the non-burger items, such as breaded sausage bites, beer cheese, and pretzels, a couple of times but once you get away from the burgers the food is not that great in my opinion, and some of it tastes like it came out of a freezer bag. Stick with the burgers (many varieties to choose from and only some of them weird), fries and onion rings and you will be fine.
The downside is that I've been going to this place a few times a year for about the last 6 years and the number of issues with service here far outpace any other brewpub restaurant I've been to. Servers are reasonably friendly but tend to disappear for many minutes if you're eating in, which coupled with the crowds at certain hours makes me more inclined to order my food for takeout. The place is on the tiny side and there is a wait for a table here on many evenings and weekends, and I stopped bringing family here because we never knew if we were going to be able to get seating within a reasonable time and had some bad experiences in the past. If you must eat in, or want to drink with your meal, then I recommend sitting at the bar. Even the takeout process can get weird as sometimes they just do not answer the phone for 45 minutes (last time this happened I drove down there expecting to see a busy restaurant keeping them from the phone, and found exactly one guy eating and three servers just standing around) or do not appear for many minutes to ring up your takeout when you go to pick up. I keep going back anyway because it's a close place to get a good burger and the type of shoestring fries or battered rings I most enjoy (as opposed to the wide soft fries some of the other local burger bars push).
As for the beer, sometimes I enjoy having one of their on-tap selections with my food. But for bottled beer, I'd rather just buy it at the store to have with my takeout, or go to a different bar with more reliable service.
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