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AMBIENCE: It's sad to be the only ones seated at the bar watching sports on a Saturday plus Hockey night when ALL of Westgate is packed as is BJs and about everywhere else. We loved this place when it was Sandbar and kinda giggled at the schlopy remodel. It's called Cabin but adding one textured wall and a fireplace does not give it a cabin feel. Even when stocked with appropriate beverages. Basically they just covered the tents with camouflage paper. And why keep the dreadful noisy metal orange bar chairs? There's a bit of a more mature crowd as well. Thankfully the dirty pool is gone. The space is more open. And with more open means more smoke smell coming inside. Eck. And I'm straining my neck to see the TV which has serious lights blinding me behind it. Check out the photos.
SERVICE: Exceptional. Delivery of food was rapid. They brought napkins/silverware before we asked but failed to bring appetizer plates. They asked us multiple, almost annoyingly often, times if we needed anything or wanted the bar tender to make us something.
FOOD: Sadly, a favorite was not cooked well and excuses were given. We only ordered a Cabin favorite which the bartender said was a given good time based on no one saying bad things about the dish at their other location. We had the FAMOUS Cabin Torpedoes (almost couldn't check the title bc my menu stuck together-YUCK!). The cheesy meaty filling was a strange texture but my hubby said it's just meat. The jalapeño still had a bit of a crunch which was nice but not redeemable. Some of the jalapeños even had a kick. The downfall was the lazy broiler method of cooking which rendered the bacon on the sides and bottom of the pepper to be very underdone and inedible. And the sauce? We're not sure why it was there and felt it didn't help the dish.
When asked how we liked it, I honestly said the bacon was too underdone for our liking. Bar tender shrugged it off that if they cooked it more then it's too crispy. Honey, did you not see that half the bacon remained on our plates and was inedible? Oh, and for you bacon-nados, I call chewy bacon on a bar appetizer inedible. Bar food should be crispy, salty, well seasoned, and gooey. Fail fail fail.
The second app, chicken skewers took a little longer to come out but still very quickly delivered. I don't like when people just walk around with your food a little unsure where to take it but fortunately they found us quickly. The taste was alright. Sugary coconut with a sugar dipping sauce. I'll pass. We asked for some sort of hot sauce and were brought Tabasco.
Final food thought-why is every dish dusted with paprika and parsley. Like two nothings still do not equal a something.
Redeeming possibilities include well advertised Happy Hour M-F 3-7 with $2 domestics, $3 wells, and 1/2 price apps. Plus a reverse HH Sun-Th 10-close with &2 domestic pints, $3 wine, $3 fireball, and 1/2 off apps. And finally the Thursday night specials $2 domestic pint, $3 whiskey sour, $3 fireball, and $4 bombers.
Another note to fellow ANONYMOUS YELPERS HARASSING ME because of this post. I don't think that helps my post or this business and other dinners should be aware of this harassment. MARISSA: I don't dine alone and 4-2=2 just to try a dish. RANDALL: this is a far stretch from fine dining-it's a dance bar that serves food.
I've been here more than once and tried multiple dishes that make no sense (tomato sauce with bruschetta?). I think 3 stars is fair and well supported in my review.
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