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| - This might help clear up some of the confusion other people seem to have had about On Tap:
Think of it as a neighborhood sports bar, y'all.
This is a great local watering hole: clean with a good selection and passable service. If you sit at the bar instead of a table, the service is excellent. They've been great when we showed up with like 9 people and no reservation on a Friday night.... we didn't wait long for a table or our food.
I'm from out of town and always ask to go here when I visit my family members who live five minutes away. We end up here multiple times during my trip and I have never had a non-firstworld complaint.
On Tap has an AWESOME draught selection (like 40+ beers, at least of which are rotators) and the bartenders really know their stuff. The servers don't know the beer quite as well, but are mostly friendly and prompt. I always try something local that I've never had before and can't get back home, and I have never left disappointed--the worst thing that's ever happened, drink-wise, is that one of my four in a flight was meh. I feel like we watched a game of some sort at the bar the last time I was there, but I think the boys were watching it while we hens chatted.... I don't remember for sure how plentiful or how large the televisions in the bar are.
The food menu is like a novel.... it's about 492 pages and they're super flexible with substitutions. Don't like burgers? Switch it to a chicken patty. Don't like fries? Order mac n' cheese instead. Sometimes there's a nominal charge for a substitution, but if you don't like that.... try being less picky?
This place is super reliable and, while you won't discover an exciting new entree created by a Chopped champion, you WILL find well-prepared basic food that isn't pretentious and is served by someone who smiles politely. And you'll find lots of tasty beer. And I absolutely love that I've never encountered karaoke when I've been in.... that puts it in a small percentage of the sports bars I've experienced.
My best description of On Tap: nothing about it sucks and the beer list goes above and beyond. Next time I'm back in Ohio, I'll be back. :)
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