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Seriously - this place is awesome.
And to address all of the negative comments about the staff - well, if you come in reeking of douche bag, you get treated like a douche bag. End of story.
Oh, and as far as I know, I'm not rich or pretentious, so EVERYONE there can't be. It's the usual Old Town crowd. A pleasant mix.
Anyway, back to my new weekend home. I didn't even know this place existed. My fiance and I had gotten out of a movie at 1130 and were hunting for somewhere to go get drinks and food at that hour that wasn't Mill. Enter my brilliant fiance, who suggested Kazimierz. I'd never heard of it, but I'm always down to try a new place. So we drive all the was to Old Town from Gilbert to get our fix.
SO. VERY. WORTH IT.
We park and he walks me up to the side of a building: no markings, no apparent door. I was a little confused. Turns out this is only one of the cool things about the place. I like the secrecy.
So we walk in to this dim, wine cellar feeling place. The band is just clearing up, and there is space at the bar. Granted, it was about 1am, so I could see how this place could get packed early. We take a seat at the bar, and have to wait a full 2 minutes before we are approached. And if I didn't already like the place, I LOVED the staff. We ended up talking to both people behind the bar pretty much the whole night. I will admit, they were the coolest people there, seeing as how the crowd next to us was centered around some annoying little blond train wreck screaming about sports she had no clue about. Yeahhh.
So we got to talk to Chris and Kiefer behind the bar, who were not only nice, but freaking hilarious. Pretty much everything I wanted to be when I was in hospitality. If someone came up acting ridiculous, they were informed. And I'm sorry, but that is allowed. I don't care if you're in customer service, if some one is acting douchey, you do not have to appease their self imposed authority.
Well, we had two glasses of wine each, and when my fiance asked about an awesome looking shot the bartender was making, he made two extras and just gave them to us. Without any reason to, he was just being plain awesome. The shots were heaven, BTW.
We ordered by far the best flat bread I have ever had. We couldn't figure out which one we wanted, so one of the servers helped us out and suggested one that was not even on the menu, which turned out to be exactly what we wanted. Soooo good.
We ended up spending the rest of our night here until it was closing down. Chris and Kiefer were nicer than they needed to be, and the food and wine was delicious and priced ridiculously well for what you get.
I highly HIGHLY recommend this place if you enjoy any kind laid back, wine induced, entertaining nights.
Unless you're a douche bag. Then stay away from my place. :)
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