This place is a bar. There is drinking. There is smoking. Kinda sketchy-looking. Go somewhere else if you want chic and ambience. Go here if you want to eat some really great bar food in a very divey bar. I had the Philly steak sandwich. BF had the Reuben. Split some fries. Drank a coupla beers. It was terrific. We watched them cook the meat and veggies. All the ingredients were fresh, not frozen (as far as I could tell). They sliced bread off a fresh loaf for the sandwiches. The Philly steak sandwich roll was yeasty and soft. I'm convinced it was bakery bread. The rye was dense and chewy. The portions were generous. The reuben was 2 inches thick - spicy dressing - great sauerkraut. And all of that for something like $15. The owner was pretty friendly. We were obviously tourists - I actually had on a DRESS of all things because we came straight from the airport and I'm one of those people who dresses for air travel - but no one gave me a dirty look or made me feel like a yuppie slumming a dive bar. He asked where we were from and where we were heading and brought out the visitor book for us to sign.
This place was on Diners Drive-ins and Dives in 2008 (this info from the owner). This place put the "Dives" in DDD according to him. And I couldn't agree more.