Back in the day, this was a hot-spot for Uni students who could get a pitcher of beer for $10. Tack another 10 years onto your age and you'll be looking at this place with a whole new set of eyeballs and a brain that screams: "I cannot believe you didn't die from eating here."
Sat on the patio and got some Old Vienna beer for $5.50 a pint (not bad but it's no $10 pitcher - apparently those are now $15 and Amsterdam beer only). Then the waitress brought me the menu. I almost puked. It was soaked through and CLEARLY had mould/mildew growing on both sides. When I pointed it out she said it was "from getting left in the rain last night," sure. But mildew doesn't grow THAT fast. I told her it had put me right off my appetite, but she didn't seem to care, really.
so, It's lunch time and I walk inside into almost pitch blackness - electricity too expensive? then I realize it's probably to stop you from noticing how disgusting the place is.
#1: It's only about 1 hour into lunch and already one of the ladies rooms was out of toilet paper.
#2: There were garbage bows and relics of last night's party on the floor. I don't think the staff swept or even looked at the bathrooms when they started their shifts...
#3. Duct tape was their go-to "repair solution as I saw it in about 5 places.
#4. A scam-artist jerk walked right onto the patio and came up behind me demanding money and actually yelled at me for not giving it to him - all on "private property." I was the only one on the patio so i was scared to leave anything outside. Had to bring my book bags in with me and even hid my beer with the menu because I was sure some other crack-head would come by and just drink it - or worse - while I was gone.
Just really not worth it... I remember it being a "dive," but this is like a dive that continued to dive for another 10 years and is now stuck so deep, they are going to need an industrial strength drill to dig them out.
I guess I'll pay the extra $2 and try a beer at the nicer looking bar with nicer looking guys in sexy dress shirts and ties down at the Pre-nup pub. I wish there was something in between. College kids are getting a raw deal in the area.