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| - Was in the area today and stopped in for the first time for lunch. Had friends who use to go here when it was Flight Line and they liked the "dive bar" atmosphere so thought I would give it a try. They were right about the atmosphere as it hasn't changed with the new name. When you first walk in it takes awhile for your eyes to adjust as the place is really dark. Good sign it was a dive bar when its that dark in the bar. Loved it.
Found my way to the bar and was promptly served by the bartender. Nice young lady made me a drink right away and asked if I wanted a menu. Yup and she mentioned they had hamburgers on for $7.99. OK. Looked at the menu and they had a nice spread of items to chose from all day breakfast, various tacos, wings, burgers and sandwiches even pork ribs. The special on hamburgers stuck in my head so I had one with cheese. Simple cheese burger with coleslaw on the side. Food came out relatively quick and I ordered another drink to go with it.
Having looked at other reviews on Yelp before most all agreed the food was good (reason I stopped). Well maybe I should have tried something else on the menu. The burger was a good size and done medium just the way I ordered it, but noticed a grease circle on the top of the bun when it first came out. Odd I thought, but didn't give it a second thought until my first bite. Burger was extremely greasy. So greasy it was soaked through into the bun and made the bun completely saturated in grease. Tried the coleslaw to cut the grease which helped, but the slaw was pretty much tasteless. Poured salt and pepper on the slaw a couple of times just to give it some sort of taste. Overall this was a poor meal!
So why the 3 star rating? Its reportedly a dive bar and it met all the key factors: dark, cool atmosphere, good drinks, affordable drinks, pool table, darts, good music and friendly people.
Liked this place and will be back only I am not going to order the burgers. With all the other reviews liking the food I will have to try something else. Maybe burgers aren't their forte.
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