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At 4pm on a Thursday three friends and I found an empty table (shocking in a place that likely seats fewer people than The Grind).
After roughly ten minutes at the table one of my friends finally got up and asked a waitress for menus. As there were probably 25 people working, it wasn't hard to find somebody to ask. Strange since not one of them had been over to us yet.
She wasn't given a bottle list, which apparently is a claim to fame for them, but we got to look over their taps and a list of local eateries that are willing to deliver. Hmm, no thanks on that idea.
The taps were a disappointment. A large variety of over priced local offerings, some mediocre imports (Colorado and Oregon make great beer but having Dead Guy on your tap isn't risque). Not even a single sour.
At this point we were getting pretty thirsty. A timer was set for 15 minutes. If a server didn't ask us for an order we were outta here.
The server did finally show up. She talked to the other party taking up the rest of the room. I leaned into my group and told them that watch, this girl wasn't going to even *allow* us to make eye contact. She was going to get their bill straight, ignore us, and split.
Exactly what happened. She literally kept her back to us the *entire* time she was in the room.
On the way out I asked a server if the room we were sitting in offered wait service, or if the customers were expected to walk to the bar to order a beer. Again, without eye contact, she said yeah the room has service, and then turned her back to me and stared at her notepad.
This isn't their first location. A company with as many outlets as these guys have should open with servers who know how to carry one-single-product from point A to point B.
Rude servers. Maybe not all of them, but I wouldn't know. After the three I dealt with here I won't ever deal with a fourth.
Lackluster tap list. If you want good taps go to Taste of Tops or Brat House, or a smaller spot like TMI.
No food. Having deliveries doesn't count.
Big Business Chain. While the owners want you to think its an edgy, tattoo'd and hip local spot for cool kids, it's not.
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