My first review might as well be from somewhere I've been just a few times. OK, probably hundreds. In fact, I've been going there regularly since it opened in the Fall of 2001. The first day started like nearly every day there since: amazing beer and a super friendly staff.
The food is excellent and for happy hour you can actually get a huge, delicious plate of nachos for half the normal price (they get the official stamp of approval from a nacho fiend that I know). The burgers are great, as well as the wings. But the star of the show is...
The IPA. I've had IPA's from all over and this is as good as any of them, and better than 99% of them. In fact, this IPA is so good that we took a keg per request to our friend on a road trip to Seattle. It's a little hoppier than many IPA's and that's just the way I like it. I hear the other beers are good too but I wouldn't know. ;)
Like someone else said, this place is much like Cheers: there are many friendly regulars as well as the staff.
Hey, enough said: I've been going here often (perhaps too often) for years for a good reason.