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| - I was here on Saturday night, about 7:30pm. My boyfriend and I were meeting a few friends for dinner and we arrived a little earlier. We put our name in and the hostess said it was a 30-minute wait, which is totally fine for a weekend. While we waited, we sat at the bar. And sat. And sat. Our friends arrived and we continued to sit. And sit. After about 15 minutes one of the bartenders finally greeted us and offered us a drink menu. It was steady but by no means crazy busy, but whatever. The hostess called us just a couple of minutes after we were offered a drink menu, so we never did order anything from the bar. We were seated at one of the high-top tables and waited for our server to come over. And waited. And waited. And waited. At this point, we had been in the restaurant for about a half hour without even a glass of water. Eventually a server came over (she didn't introduce herself) and proceeded to tell us that we weren't seated in her section but she had to take care of us. Ummm..okay. Glad to know we are inconveniencing you. Since we had been waiting for awhile, we put in our drink and dinner orders all at once. After another half hour our food was brought out by another server or runner. The dinner itself was excellent, which is why I'm giving my review 3 stars and not 2. I had the chicken tacos and they were fantastic, crisp flour shells, juicy chicken, and the presentation was gorgeous, so major props to the kitchen. All while we were eating dinner, our server never came back to check on us, or refill our water, see if we needed another round of drinks, the usual stuff. One of my friends eventually managed to flag down a guy who had been working behind the bar, to get us another round of drinks (which he comped us for since we had been waiting for). Finally, after we'd been there nearly an hour and a half, our server finally came over to see if we needed anything. At this point we were just kind of over it, so we asked for our bills. When she brought the bills back to the table, she made a point to tell us that she didn't realize our drinks were comped because we had been waiting so long, but no apology. Like, it felt like she was annoyed with us and had zero qualms about voicing that. We paid up and were on our way. I really, really, really wanted to like Forage--it's so close to where I live that I could walk on a nice day, the food was excellent, and I like how it's been remodeled since it was Pacers, but the service. I haven't had service that poor in a restaurant in years. I was really shocked because otherwise it seemed like a nice place. Maybe it was an off night, maybe someone quit and they were short-staffed, I don't know. I'll go back again, I'd like to give this place a second chance and I've heard the burgers are phenomenal, and I'll hope that their service improves.
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