Is there a way to give negative stars? We chose this place because it seemed like a nice quiet place to chill and talk. At first, that's exactly what we got. Our server was pleasant and quick with the drinks. She left about 15 minutes after we sat down, however, and things turned awful.
We were harassed by 3 different homeless people for money. Granted, it's not Fitzgerald's fault that homeless people come up to people sitting on their patio. However, they didn't take an active role in getting the homeless people to leave until one actually went into the bar. They care about themselves not being bothered and not the customers sitting on the patio.
Around 1am we were told it was last call and asked by a bartender if we wanted another drink. By 1:10 our tabs were all closed but we remained on the patio talking and finishing our last call drinks. As with all drinking, we took turns going into the bar to use the restroom. At 1:30am we were told that we couldn't go in and out of the bar (even to use the restroom). At 1:45 we were told by a bartender that the bar closes at 1:30 and the sign in the window and google (which both say the bar closes at 2am) haven't been right "for a long time." The entire time this was going on, the bartenders were sitting inside at the bar with a "friend" watching us. They were rude every time we used the restroom. They were rude about us being on the patio. They were rude about picking up our glassware from the patio. At 1:55am they apparently got sick of waiting for us to leave and we watched as the bartenders ran up the street with the friend they were sitting at the bar with to make last call at another bar (which they told us they wanted to do earlier in the night). The staff here do not care about this place or the perception their actions leave with the customers. I wouldn't go back to this place if they were giving out $100 bills with every beer (which was only slightly above room temperature btw). There are far too many better options uptown to waste your time at a place that does not care about your business.