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| - Came here with a group of people for dinner and drinks. The menu looked very good, and they seem to pride themselves on being farm-to-table, which is very appealing to me. The server recommended the cheese curds, which sounded great, sounded great, so we said yes. While they nearly melted in my mouth (they were good), they were super salty. I had the burger with fries (normally the burger comes with coleslaw or pasta salad, fries are $1 more). The burger was alright, but it along with the fries were excessively salty. Others at the table also complained about the saltiness. Two other people who got the pasta salad did not make it past the first bite. The pasta salad had a cold tomato sauce for the dressing, and they did not care for it. My wife and another person had the grilled cheese, which they both enjoyed. I had a bite, but am not sure it was $11 good. The server checked on us once while we were eating. It looked like he was the only server, and it was a little busy. I had an O'so sour with my meal, which was probably the highlight for me, except that it was poured in a small goblet glass. This was on tap, but given the low ABV of this beer, I feel it could be poured as a pint.
After dinner, we went down to the speakeasy. My wife went to the bar to get some drinks, but was told they only carry bottled beer. She asked for a Moscow mule, because she saw someone drinking one upstairs. The bartender informed her they only make craft cocktails. She said "isn't a Moscow mule a craft cocktail?", to which the bartender replied, " here is the menu". The bartender was also not happy that the server was sending the dinner bills down to him (so people could drink downstairs and just pay one bill). This seemed rather silly because it did not seem to be any more work than what he was already doing. They had two flat screen TVs in the speakeasy, but when we turned one on, the bartender came over and said we could not watch TV, and turned it off. Seems pretty dumb to have TVs in a room and not use them.
Due to the poor quality service and salty food, I don't plan on frequently this place again. If I'm going to pay Madison prices, I'd much rather go to Madison, where I know I'm going to have a better experience.
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