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| - Mavis, Mavis, Mavis. What has happened to you? We've been going for years and there has been a steady downward trend. Primary issue is that the menu is just bloated, with the majority of items nowhere near Irish. Hummus, flatbreads, pasta alfredo, key lime pie, pierogis, seafood tacos, and on. Back in the day they would at least try with "O'Toole's Chicken Paprikash" or "Paddy's Chicago Style Italian Beef," but no longer. More traditional Irish items have disappeared (boxty appetizer, colcannon, banoffi, to name a few). It's really just an American restaurant now with a few token or quasi Irish dishes, if you're lucky ("we'll have the reuben spring rolls as an appetizer"...."oh, we're out of those."). I realize that a restaurant needs to appeal to everyone, but just be done with it and make it Mavis Winkle's Neighborhood Bar and Grille.
I generally get the corned beef and cabbage because...Irish! It's a simple, but well done dish; the corned beef is lean, and the cabbage/carrots are well-cooked. Colcannon has been replaced by two scoops of dry, crumbly mashed garlic redskins. Pass. Husband's corned beef boxty was good, kid's cheese quesadilla tasted of burnt oil. Very strange.
Service is all over the place - our server this visit was good and attentive, but it's really hit or miss.
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