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| - Checked this place out with Reese and Andrea for Karaoke with a live band on Tuesday night. So this review will contain a lot about the Karaoke experience.
The vibe in Eli's on Tuesday was fantastic. The audience was very participative with lots of applause and dancing. What an awesome band and I loved the fact that people in the audience got up and danced. Even I danced a jig with a gentleman who twirled me around the dance floor. I'm not the best twirler, but I definitely did enjoy the offer for the dance. Shout-out to Reese and Andrea for performing lovely songs. Reese sang one of my favorite songs, Summertime (Porgy and Bess, Gershwin) and so appropriate for the season! But the HYPE award has to go to Andrea's friend Rusty. Whoot whoot, he sang Robin Thicke's 2013 summer smash hit, Blurred Lines, and got everyone in the restaurant off their feet and dancing. Look, this is not your amateur karaoke night! These people singing practice! A lot.
I was also hungry when I arrived. I ordered the cheeseburger sliders (half order - 3 sliders), because everyone says they are the best. I got a few fries and a side salad. The sliders were good. Nothing stellar to write home about. The bread that they use is amazingly delicious. The cheeseburger sliders come with an au jus and that bread THE perfect bread for aus jus. The bread was dense, moist and somewhat spongy, so it absorbed a nice amount of au jus in a double dip without the bread becoming soggy. I enjoyed a couple of bites and packed the 2.5 sliders for lunch the next day. They have great waffle fries and I enjoyed the green house salad.
My return factor is 100% when Reese is going to sing. Otherwise, it is not a place I would go on my own.
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