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| - I wanted to like it. I did. But this was just so ridiculous that I am sadly only awarding one star.
My friend from Atlanta was in town for the 2012 NFC Championship game, Falcons vs. 49ers, which was playing at 3pm on a Sunday. I had never been to Bob Golic's, but there's a football helmet outside the door - what better sports bar to go to?
We step inside at 2:30 pm, and the bar is EMPTY. Music is playing (instead of pregame coverage), and three employees are standing around. We take seats at the bar, right in front of the TV, and order a beer each. The bartender brings us our drinks, and we ask for menus - ordering some chicken fingers.
As we're sipping our beers, my friend asks if they can change the sound to the game. It's at this point the the bartender informs us that the bar will be closing at 3. That's right - the sports bar will close at the same time as kickoff for the NFC championship. Furthermore, we're the first customers they've had all day.
Look - I get it, business is slow and everyone wanted to go home. I'm not saying you should keep the bar open for just two people (although Little Johnny's did, went we went by later!). But I was shocked and angry that she let us order not just drinks but food, with the knowledge that the place was closing in half an hour, without even a warning.
My beer was cold and the chicken fingers were good, but I had to chug and scarf them down so that we could move somewhere to actually watch the game.
Pretty bad for a sports bar.
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