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| - No fault of the service, which was friendly, expeditious, and attentive, but the three of us dining with the Padre tonight were each a bit disappointed with our separate entree. My housemate who had been there before found the lasagna and shepherd's pie now gone from the menu, and so settled on a rib special, while the other two of us had the flat-iron steak, and pork chops, respectively. Each of our meals came with buttered bread, and I think at least 2 of the 3 with a small corn on the cob, and one side (fries or baked potato, coleslaw, or cottage cheese, or rice pilaf.
Rib plate roomie found the BBQ ribs of decent size, but tasteless other than the BBQ sauce, which he feared was spicy hot enough that it might not settle well on his very heat-sensitive stomach, and it did not. Nuff said. Flat-iron steak roomie was very disappointed in his steak, described on menu as "an (sic) unbelievable tender and flavorful . . . 10oz steak topped with aged white cheddar, sautéed mushrooms, and Irish whiskey glaze". Unfortunately what he found unbelievable was the description, as he found the steak to be other-than tender, as well as dry and flavorless, and the white cheddar not on the steak at all, but on the side, and not resembling white cheddar least as anticipated. My pork chop entrée is described as two French-cut, pan-seared, bone-in 5 oz. chops, with a roasted red pepper sauce. As you might expect from "5 oz." chops, they were of modest size and thickness, but looked appealing and were "okay", but perhaps also to be expected from a fairly thin chop, they weren't juicy, were a bit on the dry side and the only detectable flavor was in the stripes blackened from the pan searing, which has to me always tasted just a bit "burned". The roasted red bell pepper sauce drizzled across the top added a bit of color, but seemed to have no flavor at all. Some fire-roasted red tomato, even right out of a jar, would have been an improvement.
Ambiance wise, well, it is a sports bar, it was Saturday night, the place was full, and perhaps as many as a couple dozen flat-screens showed everything from horse and greyhound racing to a Suns game and one or more NFL games, and more that I failed to take in. A number of enthusiastic NFL fans were in attendance, and with the volume turned up on more than one separate event, it was a bit LOUD for normal conversation. And frankly, I just don't get it. It's not like there was anything on of lasting significance and great importance to the overall balance of the universe, like say, ACC basketball.
On the good side, the meals were not expensive, it was good enough we all cleaned our plates and none of us left hungry. The most expensive of our meals was the steak at $13.99, with both the BBQ ribs and my chops coming in at (I believe) $9.95 each. Our server was new, but performed admirably. We had no long wait for anything, from greeting to seating, to receiving either menus or meals or final check. Service was reasonably attentive without being intrusive, and our server (Christina, I think) even took the time to inquire about the items roomie was disappointed to find missing from the current menu, and informed him call in some days ahead, he could special order the lasagna and they'd make it just for him. We extend our compliments to staff and management for the extra efforts to satisfy, and for that I round upwards our 2-star "have had better" food, to a slightly weak "3" on account of the good service, and comfortable, if tonight a bit loud, atmosphere. If there's there's something on sports-wise that you're into, I think Padre Murphy's probably a fine, fun place to gather with friends to see it, and might not be disappointed with the appetizers, sandwiches, burgers, and beer.
Brevity. I've really got to work on brevity.
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