Stopped by Hickory River on a Friday night around 7:30 p.m. Could only find one clean table in the entire restaurant (a little two-person table). As we parked, I noticed an employee mopping the sun room and when we got inside the restaurant noted the sun room was roped off. Why in the world would you not rope off the sun room before cleaning it and concentrate on cleaning the main dining room first?! It was flabbergasting - seemed to be focused on closing instead of the current customer business. I felt like a numnut circling the dining room with my tray of food trying to find a clean table. I love the brisket but this makes me not want to dine at Hickory River. We've been long-time customers too - have been going since the restaurant opened up at the first location. The previous owners did a great job of constantly having an employee circling the dining room keeping things clean. There were also a couple of employees having a very loud conversation behind us. Is there a manager keeping any eye on things?