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| - The food and ambiance made the biggest impression on me. This place has a clear vision of what it is and embodies that really well. Casual/industrial chic with a limited menu of only meatballs. No kitchen-sink syndrome here. The lighting was really low, though; trying to squash the dreams of those Instagramming diners. The downfall for me was the service - definitely didn't leave me with a great impression.
So, the food. I love meatballs. I can make my own bomb diggity beef meatball at home, so I went with a turkey meatball slider topped with spinach almond pesto. (I heard from a friend she got a few sliders to try different things and couldn't make it through her second.) I also got a side of escarole and beans. About halfway through I was thinking "dang, I could go for another one." The meat was tender and juicy for turkey, though it didn't taste like you just bit off a turkey leg. The pesto was a perfect compliment to the light meat. And the slider bun...so fluffy, a little sweet, and perfect. A harder bun would have squished the meatball - the light bun held the integrity of the ball.
My boyfriend got the Meatball of the Day - a sausage ball with BBQ sauce and coleslaw as a grinder. Harder bun, heartier meatballs, perfect sauce and meat combo again.
Now, the service. We were here on the early side, around 5, so we had an attentive server in the beginning. As more people came in, she practically disappeared. When it came time to ask if we wanted dessert, I said that I could, but I would need to see the menu again. She came back quickly....with our check. Okay. She's busy, it's cool, we'll just have another beer.
So I went to the bar to grab us another round. The bartender reprimanded me. "If you're sitting at a table, you have to order from your server." I explained she was no where in sight and we wanted to grab something before happy hour ended. He dismissed me saying the manager would take care of it. I left the bar and waited a good 5 minutes for our server to bring us our beers.
When she did, we asked about a price on the check. The draft menu had our beers at $6, but they rang up $6.50. She told us the menus were reprinted that day and took our check away, I assume to adjust it. She didn't. Now, 50 cents isn't a big deal, we just wanted to let them know there was a discrepancy so they could fix it.
After another 15 uncomfortable minutes, we had to ask for our check back - it was getting busy and I felt so awkward holding a table when we could have easily moved to the bar to finish our drinks. We did and saw that the chalkboards had the price of our beers at $6 as well.
Great food, great place, off night for service.
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