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| - We went to Buck & Badger last night with friends for dinner (6pm on a Saturday night). When we arrived, there is a hostess stand right inside the front door with the usual "please wait to be seated" sign. So we waited.....and waited...and waited. No hostess appeared. Two groups of people came in behind us and joined the wait for the elusive hostess. The bar area was crowded and the bartenders definitely noticed the large crowd waiting to be seated, but made no move to summon a hostess. Finally, our friends texted us to let us know they were already at a table (they had asked the hostess to let us know, but since she had disappeared, we didn't get the message). So we went to sit down- I never saw the groups behind us come into the dining room, so I am guessing they got fed up waiting and left.
Our waitress was very pleasant and friendly and brought us our drinks right away. As a previous poster mentioned, the beer came in cans, even though there is a full bar with plenty of beer on tap. Two of us ordered the bison burger, which was just ok- it was pretty small (the waitress said it was 1/3 lb, but it seemed smaller) and definitely NOT worth the $11 price, especially considering that sides are not included and cost extra. The regular french fries were pretty lackluster- maybe a step up from McDonald's fries, and the sweet potato fries were soggy. My fiance said the whitefish hoagie was nothing special and our friend who had the french fried cheese said it was not very good. There were some decent parts of the meal, our friends noted that the twice baked potato and french onion soup were delicious. At the end of the meal we were given a plate of chocolate chip cookies, which were ok, but they were basically just mass produced cookies that had been warmed in the microwave to make them seem fresh-baked. I would much rather they forget the cookies and just focus on serving better food.
Overall, we felt like the food was bland and very overpriced, and while our waitress was ok, the service in general was pretty poor. We will not be going back.
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