The idea of going to downtown for any meal is a little extra for me because the parking is so complicated. Although, for those interested a friend use to have an El Cortez players card and was able to park in their garage for free. Anyways, apparently tonight's Friday night traffic, cold weather and far parking was looking a little too right.
Of course, I referred to Yelp and decided to try a new spot to catch up with a friend. It was pretty early evening and we were promptly seated upon entering. They were serving happy hour with only a couple food items and drinks at the bar area but since I don't drink we were seated in the dining area. The food was decent and nothing on the menu was shouting pick me. I took a while to decide on something. We ended up going with the chicken meatballs to start with, pulled pork sliders and the big sexy. The chicken meatballs are a must!! They were mainly delicious because of the cilantro and jalapeƱo pesto sauce!!! The big sexy was 2.5 out of 5 due to the fact it had this gross extra creamy "Brie and Scallion Mayo". It almost tasted like goat cheese. In addition my friend rated the sliders a 3 out of 5. We ended our meal with dessert as well. We decided on the Cast Iron Smores and it lacked flavor. Maybe more chocolate could've added more flavor. I recommend ordering anything but that. The customer service was great, too. The servers checked on us often. Overall, for the cost I rather eat somewhere else. Downtown has many new and improved restaurants! Everything from the decor, seating, service, presentation of the food was great but the taste wasn't satisfying enough.