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| - While I'm tempted to give a 1-star review for the experience, I would bubble it up to a 2-star based on the atmosphere.
The restaurant is deceivingly large and nicely decorated, with adequate parking, a good sports bar feel, clean, and not overly loud. Now, the volume may have had something to do with the fact that there were only 3-4 tables and about 4 people at the bar, but nonetheless it was a comfortable volume.
Unlike the situation mentioned from an earlier reviewer, there was a prominently placed 'seat yourself' sign at the entrance. There was very few people at tables, so we sat near the bar. It was a weeknight but a home basketball game but there was no discernible pre-game crowd.
There appeared to be 3 bartenders working and a significant number of waitstaff; about one for every 2 people in the restaurant. Our waitress introduced herself promptly and took drink orders. Despite there only being four of us and being seated literally less than 10' from the bar, it took about 10 minutes to get an iced tea and 2 beers. As noted, for a restaurant with "Brew" in the name, the beer selection is poor.
Upon taking our orders, waitstaff disappeared to parts unknown, only to be seen fleetingly like timid woodland creatures, and we were forced to resort to a combination of primitive hand signals, napkin semaphore, and pointed looking around to signal our desire for service.
Meals arrived after about 20 minutes less one salad, to which the waitress commented "Oh yeah, that's weird. Do you still want it?" Beverage refill and reorder took an additional 10 minutes. One of the party was having wings and we requested a couple additional napkins, which she brought after being reminded once 7 minutes later. Burger was mediocre, smallish, and dramatically overcooked. Wings were small and undersauced but had decent flavor. Pub chips were soggy and so oversalted that they were nearly inedible. Quality of food was somewhere south of Buffalo Wild Wings.
Overall, terrible service which seemed more like an honest cluelessness about what services a waitstaff should be providing, mediocre food, poor beer list, but a cool area. With all of the other options within a couple of miles, if there is not an immediate improvement in service level, quality of food, and beer list i can't see this place lasting.
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