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| - Met some friends here for an after-work drink- or two. Around 530PM on a Tuesday evening, the place was about half-full and started to get busier as the everning progressed. Had no problem finding a table and ample seating in the outside patio area.
The martinis- included the Mango Madness (the go-to drink for my companions), the Red Apple (tasted like cran-apple more than anything), and the Cookies and Cream (sweet, but delicious, complete with oreo crumb rim). All were good, strong, and tasty. Pretty sure you can't go wrong with a 'tini with flavors you like. These martinis are $12-14 a piece, but since it was happy hour (4-8PM), they were half off. So at $7 a martini, still a bit spendy, but a nice treat. And, yes, they do give you the mini shaker to ensure you get your entire beverage- just be sure to not let them take it before you've ensured it's empty.
The food- with food half-off as well, we ordered the BBQ Chicken flatbread (tasty, but mostly bread- more cheese, chicken, sauce please), Spinach-Artichoke dip with Pita chips (pretty tasty), and the Bruschetta (basically chopped tomatos on toasted bread- nothing special). All of these were regularly around $12 a piece, I believe ($6-ish with happy hour).
The service- good, not great. Our waitress actually came around a few times, but only when it seemed like she KNEW we wanted to order something. Annoyingly, the other people working there would come by every 5 minutes to take our plates, drinks, etc., even when we obviously weren't finished. We found ourselves consolidating a lot, just to give them something to take.
All-in-all, with HH the bill was $60 (before tip) for 6 martinis, 3 apps, and a coke. Pretty decent for some quality beverages and nosh.
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