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As soon as we sat down (nice atmosphere, by the way), the waitress breathlessly told us that they had 38 (38!) beers on tap. Only... they only had one of seven seasonal beers. O-kaaaayyyyy... so I guess that means they have 32 beers
How about...? Nope. The next half dozen choices we came up with, they didn't have. So in actuality they had AT THE MOST 26 beers. Our problem was that the rest of the beers we could choose from we had already had (or they were IPAs, and that's a beer designed by people who hate beer), and we wanted to try something new. The waitress was very apologetic, and we finally found one we could live with.
We only ordered an appetizer, the dirty chips. Tasty, and even if you think you don't like chicken livers, don't worry -- they're fried and don't taste much like liver, and there's only four pieces around the side, so you don't even have to eat them if you don't want to.
At some point someone whom I assume was the manager came over to apologize for the lack of beers (I THINK he said something about changing the beers and menu hadn't changed yet???) -- but he also did something that turned this from a slam review to a "you know, I'd go there again, and tell people to try it out." He comped the beers we had, and asked if we would like to try something else. We thanked him and told him there wasn't anything else we wanted to taste. But he came up with a Belgian that sounded good -- but instead of the little tastes we thought he'd bring over, he came with two full sized glasses (it was a tasty beer, too!), which were also comped.
Things go wrong sometimes, but how you handle it makes all the difference. This was deft handling!
I say try the place out. It's a great place for a little bit of food, some good beer, and great vibe.
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