You know when you have that gut feeling and you ignore it anyway? Well, I should have listened to my gut. My husband has been going on about trying this place for sometime now. He's always looking for a new "hole-in-the-wall" spot and unfortunately, you sometimes have to try a lot of them before you get something good.
I won't say that Mike's was bad OR good. In fact, it was about the most mediocre I've seen in a while. I tried the spaghetti with meat sauce. I opted for rigatoni instead of spaghetti and it was cooked "al dente" so that was a bonus, but other than that, I'd say the dish was a 13-year old's attempt in a cooking class. My starter salad consisted of iceberg lettuce, some mushroom pieces and some green pepper. A little tub of dressing sat on the side. It was pitiful. The focaccia they brought at the beginning had a little hummus dip that was ok, but the bread was either over toasted or stale.
At least one bonus came from this experience: I get to cross it off the husband's list of places to try and can confirm that it's going to be a solid "no" from me if he wants to go again.