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| - Rolled out of work at 11 pm ISO a place to have a couple beers before catching the last bus home. Not my first visit, previous visits were in the 3-4 star range.
It was Tuesday night, and the website said they feature "late nite happy hour", so I got a little excited and walked in...
... to an almost empty, but huge, bar/restaurant just off State Street. Thinking hopefully I might get served quickly, I got instead the following treatment (which inspired me to write this review):
I sat down at the bar, behind which I saw 3 people at the far end. It wasn't long before I understood why. It allowed them to ignore me. I sat there for 4 long minutes before the first of the three people behind the bar came up with a menu. I'll call him Alley Oop, and he's about 80% of the 2 stars. The other 20% goes to the cook who got my food out fast.
Alley had a good personality and did his job well. He was starting to make it a positive experience. He took my order, got me my first beer, wasn't a prick.
The cheese curds were the worst that I've ever had. A thick rubbery coating is not what I love in a deep-fried cheese curd. I love curds that practically melt in my mouth. To make matters worse, KETCHUP is NOT an appropriate dipping sauce. Think if you had some cheddar cheese and some lousy, rubbery bread. Would you want to dip it in KETCHUP?
Alley and I agreed that the KETCHUP doesn't work.
Meanwhile, as I'm chewing on my first of a basket of lousy curds, I notice that Alley failed to bring me even one napkin. About halfway through the basket, Level Down appears nearby, the first time since I got here. I called out to him twice, "SIR", and the 2nd time he heard me. "Could I please have a napkin?" That's when Level Down, who clearly would rather be playing WoW or Black Ops or Game of Thrones or Diddy Kong Racing shocked me off my barstool. For real. He turned around and, seemingly in a flash, put a stack of 3-4 napkins on the bar right in front of me. And that was the last thing he did right.
Then he notices that I am down to the last 1/3 of my beer. So he asks me if I'd like another, mentioning that it is last call. It has been 18 minutes since I sat down and was deliberately ignored for the first 4 minutes. In Madison, Wisconsin, where all of this took place, it was 163 minutes/2 hours and 23 minutes to bar time (2:00 a.m.). But I confirm with Level Down that this bar is closing in 23 minutes, at 12:00 a.m., with people at the bar and a few groups seated at tables. I ask Level Down if he could pour me another beer. No. So much for "late nite". Level Down has Legend of Zelda s*** to do. He "informs" me that there are other bars still open. Idiot. I was born a short 12 minute bike ride from this spot more than half a century ago. Take your advice and stuff it in your PS3.
I'm eating the sandwich when The Girl With The Tattoos walks by and takes the empty glass. My thought at the moment was, "She didn't even say a word to me, didn't look at me, treated me like I wasn't even there."
Finally, my Reuben sandwich with the fries and beer cheese sauce came. The sauce was the best thing on the plate. The fries were okay but just okay. Thank heavens for the beer cheese sauce that earned the other star. The Reuben sandwich was
Just
A
Reuben.
Nothin' noteworthy. I am a Reuben connoisseur. It was not a bad Reuben. Nor was it a good Reuben. It was
Just
A
Reuben.
I was finished with the second beer before I finished the sandwich. Barely touched the fries. Alley suggested that "maybe the cheese curds put me over."
I checked the time before my last bite; just missed the bus.
I've never had a restaurant/bar staff treat me so badly.
To Hopcat Madison Management:
Alley Oop rocks, but he could step it up a bit; Level Down is worthless. The Girl With The Tattoos has tattoos in place of a personality. Didn't even make any efforts to socialize with me. Level Down just doesn't get it.
Just saying.
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