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| - If it's brown, drink it down. If it's clear, then you're drinking the wrong damn thing. This place has a shitload of whiskey. That means it's gooooood.
I've been here a number of times, but I also went last wednesday, it wasn't slow, but it wasn't busy either. I stayed for about 2 hours total. It was a good time and everyone took care of me quite well (as usual). I've never had horrible service here. There's been some mishaps, but they always take care of me and are quite attentive.
I started out by asking the bartender about some new beers. He described them, but I wasn't so sure, so he poured me some samples without me even having to ask. I liked one of them, so I got a full glass. I also go the burger topped with a giant hunk of mozzarella, and a side of fries. That was also good.
I would say the menu represents good bar food, but nothing fancy or wild. You usually have a couple varieties of sandwiches and burgers, there's a gnocchi of the day, pizza, and various apps and such. I think there's a couple salads too. Overall, I like their food except for the gnocchi. It's Ohio City Pasta gnocchi, which I've never been a a huge fan of. It stays too gummy when sautéed in a pan.
XYZ's pizza has a lot of comments, so I'll add my own. I like the pizza. It's not the best by any means, but it's above the middle-ground for large-slice, soft-crust pizza. And the price isn't bad. I will usually get a slice when I end up at XYZ later in an evening and I have a good craving for carbs with warm and melty cheese. Pizza at any place seems to be divisive amongst the public, but I think this one beats a few other local shops of similar style.
They usually have like 20 taps running, and a number of bottles. They have the traditional domestics and imports, and then a ton of great craft brews. They change out the taps regularly and I can usually find one or two beers that are new to me and not generally available across the whole damn town.
And the whiskey... well, they have a shitload of it from high end and unique, down to the usual suspect swill. I love the selection of brown liquor. I love going there and finding out that they got a new variety and sharing in the excitement of drinking the best thing to come out of humanity's ability to turn sugar into alcohol.
The jukebox sucks. Even the employees play their own music rather than the jukebox. It's not an issue until some random person decides to actually use the stupid thing. I know everyone's tastes differ and I know that I'll never find my kind of music in a jukebox, but this thing just isn't good.
Overall, XYZ is a place I enjoy. Good beer, good whiskey, good food, good people.
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