DO NOT GO HERE FOR FOOTBALL. I normally LOVE coming to this Blackfinn. The food is decent, they have a great happy hour and their rotating taps are impressive. I went to Blackfinn to watch football yesterday and I had some issues with the manager. I understand I am in Charlotte...and people want to watch the Panthers. I also understand that managing 40+ TVs is annoying and you cannot please all guests when it comes to channel requests. I've worked in the service industry before. I get it. I also know that this is a Packers bar...but the Packers weren't on until 4pm.
I walked in at 1:07pm to watch the Pats game after the fire alarm finally stopped. I walked in and all but 4 TVs were on the panthers game. Again- I get this. I was seated in the corner and asked if they could switch the TV in front of me over to the Pats game. Only 2 other people were watching this TV and I even asked them if it was cool. The first excuse the manager gave me was that I should have arrived at 1pm to make special requests. I'm 7 minutes late...my fault. The second excuse was telling me that I am in Charlotte and that we are supposed to be watching the Panthers. Do you realize that like 90% of Charlotte is made up of transplants? The third excuse was "well I can see if I can change it but you got to buy these guys (sitting at the next table over from me) a beer for the inconvenience. I'm buying wine by the bottle AND getting food. I don't need to buy anyone else a $3 bud light draft.
Of the 40+ TVs that you guys have and there being about a dozen 1pm games on, why do I have to go through this much trouble to get one TV changed? I absolutely get that you receive a million requests to change the channel, but damn. This unnecessary push-back definitely did NOT want me to come back...even to watch the Panthers game. Good luck with your business.