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| - OK, so John Cutter is a prime example of "If you build it, they will come" logic. The Vistas sprout up and then this place came along. Living here, I had long avoided it because of the magnetic pull of the place to SUVs, sloppy cougars, and the men that solicit them. It just seemed like a place to avoid, which is unfortunate since there are no other real restaurants west of the 215.
Then along came the groupon and I thought, maybe I should try it since it is so close. These are the things I have learned in doing so:
-The menu is printed in the worst-of-Vegas style with one page of drinks and one of food and 4 pages devoted to the "servers" (use of quotation marks definitely meant to imply irony).
-The servers are really only hired on the merits of their cup size or degree of time spent on a hair-and-tan ratio. They will rarely know what is on the menu, they will put your order in wrong, they will be confused about many things. It is important to know this going in; Don't even try to place a to go order by phone. If you can sit at a table covered by the Asian server, do so; she is the only one in a few visits who is always on the ball and gets things correct the first time. I am awarding a star just because she took the hassle level down here big style.
-The bar kind of melts into the four booths that are the restaurant side of the room. It is a surprisingly small space. If one person lights up at the bar, the entire place will wreak of smoke.
-The happy hour ends at 6pm which is kind of backwards. Be aware of this fact.
-DO NOT GO HERE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT unless...you are going to sit on the patio and listen to questionable dirty-t-shirt type of live music. IF you are inside they will simply crank the poorly-curated music to combat this. The result will be a loss of appetite (why so much Justin Beiber in the rotation, why, for love of all that is good and sacred, why?) and a loss of hearing. Everyone indoors will start yelling for their companions to hear them. It's not a good system...
And now maybe a little bit about the actual food here?
-Whoever said the food is "mind-blowing" needs to get out more. The food is average, decent for bar food. Due to the servers' low aptitudes you don't always get things as ordered which is a pain in the ass when you order a burger rare and it comes to you well done. Or you order dressing on the side and your salad arrives weighed down by it.
-When the food is ordered and delivered correctly it is OK. But damn if it is INCONSISTENT. Lunch is your best bet, followed by Monday through Thursday EARLY dinner. If you go in on a Friday night, the size of the food will be halved and there is no manager to ask about it. On the other times, the helpings will be almost double as large.
And last but not least, why this place is actually getting a yelp review from me...the sacrilege that is the Philly cheesesteak items (sandwich and fries). As a Philly native I know that I am going to be more prone to being offended by these things, but frankly, putting mushrooms into the mix is just sick and wrong. I love mushrooms, but they have no place in these recipes. Onions, yes, but you put too little in there. Peppers, add them please. I won't even get into how your cheese sauce is so off the mark. But for the love of all that is right in this world, stop with the mushrooms already.
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