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| - I haven't been to Characters since I was around 21 years old. I remember their food being good and their happy hour specials. So I randomly stopped in recently with the wife to try some of their current food offerings.
As soon as we stepped in, we noticed cigarette smoke in the air, which I despise. It wasn't strong enough for me to leave though, but it did leave my clothes smelling bad. As I was sitting at the bar (the tables were all taken), my nasal passage and throat began to narrow due to the smoke. I started to get a slight sore throat while talking. This always happens when I am in a smoky atmosphere.
No one was smoking in the bar (because that is illegal in Ohio) and the outdoor patio (that is enclosed with a roof and walls) has one door leading directly into the bar. Every time someone entered or exited the outdoor patio to smoke, the wind would blow and a fair amount of cigarette smoke filled air came with it. Second hand cigarette smoke is my #1 pet peeve in life as I grew up with a mother who smoked in the car, but not in the house. Plus, many aunts and uncles smoked, so I somehow learned to despise it. And I've never smoked myself.
For dinner, we ordered what I saw in an old yelp picture - buffalo chicken nachos. The picture showed a beautiful plate of nacho goodness with all the fixins. I'll be honest, this is the reason I stopped in tonight - for the buffalo nachos that were pictured on yelp. When the buffalo chicken nachos were delivered, we receive a cup of buffalo chicken DIP and a plate of tortilla chips. I was thinking, 'WHERE ARE THE NACHOS?'. Total let down. Not what I expected. I guess the picture I saw was from November 2015.
The Buffalo chicken DIP was actually good! I'd definitely order it again. The bartenders were very friendly and the service was great. I also ordered a bowl of mushroom soup and it was tasty. The bartender told me that they sautee onions and mushrooms for the soup. I tasted the large, fresh mushrooms, but not the onions. The flavor of the soup tasted like Campbell's canned mushroom soup was used as the base. I eat Campbell's canned mushroom soup and I like it, but I wasn't expecting THIS mushroom soup to taste the same as Campbell's. I'd order it again though.
We also ordered some teriyaki and BBQ wings. After waiting about 20 minutes for the wings, we decided to take them to go because the smoke was bothering me and I just wanted to leave. The wings were tasty, even after we took them home! So the food was good, overall, but unless they fix the issue with cigarette smoke entering the bar in the winter (I'm not saying this happens in the warmer months due to the outdoor tent they use in winter), I won't be back.
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