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| - Here's the problem when you go somewhere not knowing anything about it. You look at the website and you look at Yelp. While it said "No" for "good for kids", it said "average" for loudness " (it wasn't, it's VERY loud), it did try to present as a place to get some good food. This place is a straight up BAR. Don't go expecting it to be anything else. If this were explained better on the website (or the Yelp description), I would have never picked this location for a dinner for 2 seniors, 3 adults and a 5 yr old on our way to a high school performance.
It was a Friday evening and we met at 5:15. I don't know the area well and let me say - it's NOT a great area. Yikes. Then - there is not ample parking. There must have been something going on at the concert hall because there was NO parking. Thankfully, one senior was handicapped and we found a spot.
The next part was the sticking point of the night. There is security throughout the whole place. It was off-putting and meant to me there were problems in the past. Upon entering (mind you again, it's 5:15 and we just wanted dinner), I was asked for my ID. I asked the woman why she needed my ID and she said they had to have an ID for every party there. I said we weren't drinking, we were just eating and she said it didn't matter. Um... I did NOT like that. It felt very... hood. I was totally embarrassed.
The place was also crazy loud. My poor senior dad had to take out his hearing aids, even inside. Also - nearly all the tables were reserved, even though many tables were empty. Finally a party left inside and we sat down. It was a degree or two less noisy inside.
The food however - WAS good. My dad loved his brat and said the potato salad was fabulous. I thought the hot dog was good along with the pretzel rolls. The handmade potato chips were also great. Mom and my SIL had a fancy grilled cheese that was very good.
It's definitely a place for the 21-40 crowd or those with friends looking for a nice bar. The games and things were very cool (in fact, my niece LOVED the giant connect 4 and beat a drunk guy). We were all entertained by that.
So again, my only complaint is just that it should be better described on their website. The food is yummy, but it is a bar-crowd place.
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