I stopped in with some friends during the week for happy hour. The place was packed at 3:30pm, but I think that was because tours started up at the Christmas Story House across the street. Eventually the place cleared out a bit but none of this stopped our group of 5 from having a good time!
We were seated at the corner of the bar and enjoyed happy hour specials like half price poutine ($3.75) and discounts on draft beers ($4.50). Our server was awesome and we all around had a pretty enjoyable couple hours just talking and laughing.
So about the food. A couple of us went with the poutine and we were a bit disappointed to find out that they were out of the regular fries and instead we were served seasoned curly fries. Cheese curds were not even in the slightest bit warmed up. But the gravy was very good. My friends said this dish was great in the past so I am going to chalk this experience up to the place being so busy and running out of their typical food stock.
I did get the The Bumpus Hounds Lunch ($10) to-go. It's basically an open faced turkey sandwich with blue cheese mashed potatoes and gravy on top. It comes with a side so I selected their gouda mac & cheese (+$2) and an extra side of coleslaw ($3) as well. The mac & cheese is freaking delicious! I will have to try it as a entree with chicken mmm. The purple cabbage vinegar based coleslaw was a perfect pairing to cut the fat. Food held up even when refrigerated and reheated.
Minus that poutine issue, I enjoyed this place and would definitely come back. It's got that neighborhood hole in the wall bar vibe to it. Nothing fancy - just good food, good service, and good company!