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| - Before St. Patrick's Day this year, I might have given the Beer Engine 3 stars. *might*. We had been there a couple times before and it was just ok - food is average bar sandwich/burger type of stuff. Yes, they have a good beer list but who doesn't anymore? That alone really doesn't earn you many points in my book these days. Some will say, 'hey the service sucks and the food is just ok, but hey they have an awesome beer list'. NOT THIS GIRL. Sorry, I'd rather go somewhere with a good beer list, good food and decent service.
Aaaanyway, on St. Patrick's Day, we had plans to meet up with people here since they are enamored with the beer list and they were supposed to be serving breakfast. So around 10am, we headed here to meet up. I was starving and excited to get some good grub. In my experience, bars do often have really yummy brunch so I was hopeful - especially since my friends assured me that they have a good brunch menu here.
When we arrived, we were able to find a table quickly and the service was fine. We ordered some beers and began the day. When it came time to order food, we were surprised to learn that they were not only not serving their normal menu, but they only had ONE option for breakfast. ONE! Corned beef hash and eggs. Ok fine, I'll eat that but would have appreciated another option or two. All would have been well because I do eat most things....but the food was bad. Nasty even. My eggs were totally overcooked (if you have a brunch menu and cannot cook an egg properly it drives me insane!) and the hash was totally mushy and gross. You could tell they just had a giant vat of it with a scoop back there. NO GOOD at all.
Not only is there one option for breakfast - the rest of the St. Patrick's Day 'menu' (consisting of mostly corned beef sandwiches) - wasn't available until hours later. What? You can't get me an f'ing corned beef sandwich? The waitress said they 'might' have their regular menu available around 3pm. You might? Apparently the Beer Engine was taken by surprise by this phenomenon known as St. Patrick's Day.
On top of it all, they have a single bathroom. NO. You are a bar. Do what you have to do to get more than one.
Now you might say - come on you can't judge a place by St. Patrick's Day. OH YES I CAN! Plus, I've been there other times. Not a fan of the Beer Engine. Would rather go to 10 other places if just for a 'great beer list'.
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