The Pickel Barrel has always been one of the lesser chains, but I give this location three stars for vastly improving. It`s a huge restaurant, so it`s good in that if you want a bite to eat after shopping you can probably get a seat (unlike at JOEY). We ate at the bar, and it`s huge and surprisingly comfortable. There are giant TVs with sports, so you almost feel like you`re in a modern sports bar. The patio apparently has TVs in the booths, which is pretty neat as well.
The food was actually pretty decent this time around. I had the Thai peanut chicken salad, and the portions were big and the sauce was great.
There were more beers on tap than you would expect at a place like this and the service was friendly.