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| - Went here for a Friday happy hour. Ordered the kale salad, pulled-pork nachos, and the chicken meatball pizza off of the happy hour menu as well as a glass of the $5 white wine. The man friend and myself split the snacks at the bar.
We were really surprised to find seats and an awesome parking spot, considering that we showed up ten minutes before happy hour ended (5-7pm) (due in part to the fact that RNC closures hadn't been removed as we had anticipated) yada yada detours n' all.
The food was great, especially the pulled-pork nachos. I'd easily get these again. However, service...
Silently tries to put a finger on it...
What I don't understand is how 2 bartenders worked this bar yet they didn't tend to their patrons. A woman at the far end of the bar spilled her water and the hostess was the only one attentive enough to recognize the spill and clean it up. You're going to say, "Well, maybe the bar was absolutely bonkers busy since it was happy hour?" No, sadly you'd be mistaken. You and your hot date for the evening could have come up and grabbed a seat right then and there too.
I have a theory. Since everyone at the bar came in for happy hour - perhaps the bartenders felt like they didn't need to provide excellent service? I'm assuming here, but that's unsettling if it could possibly be the case. Our $30 tab could have easily risen. A bruschetta that appeared to be on special that evening looked really enticing. We would have easily stayed for the special and ordered another round of drinks. But the water refills were lacking, (the boyfriend didn't even get ice in his water) and the cash-out dance took entirely too long for bartenders that clearly had the time to gab to each other.
I base these reviews not just on how I'm treated but how I see other people being treated. And across the board service was mediocre. I'd really like to see this improve because as I said before, the food selections were great and I'd love to come back again.
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