The positive: The Aztec chocolate martini comes with a brownie garnish. And it's spicy.
The waiters and bartenders I've talked to have been incredibly friendly.
The food's better than you'd expect, actually. The salad was good, which is maybe not what you'd expect from a place that labels itself a brew pub. The pizza's a little boring, but that's probably just the vegetarian ones I'm limited to. They serve continuously, they have a large cocktail list, they take my American Express... it's everything a burgeoning yuppie alcoholic could want in a brew pub.
Except that's not really me so here's what I don't like.
The atmosphere. As I read through the descriptions they say "oh the atmosphere is great!" and I say... are you at the same restaurant? It's what a corporate design team thinks of as good atmosphere. Large, airy, and completely devoid of personality. It matches Jim Gould's across the street very well actually.
The whole place really just reeks of chain, and I don't think that bothers most people at all but if I want to go in by myself and have a late lunch I feel very awkward. I'm happy to go in with friends and have cocktails and split a pound of cake. (They actually inform me that it is an 11 pound cake split 10 ways, so slightly more than a pound!)
Worth checking out, if for no other reason than you too have probably been watching them work on this place for a couple years. You can't NOT go.