Unbelievable!
I'm a fan of Pickle Barrel and it's been awhile since I last visited but if this location is representative of the whole, then Pickle Barrel has really gone downhill.
First, we had to wait (along with 2 other couples) for what felt like 10 minutes for the hostess to emerge and lead us to our table. A number of waiters passed by in the meantime without reassuring (or even acknowledging) us that the hostess would be with us shortly.
Then, the Chicken Panini I was was served was cold. Really cold. It wasn't that it became cold; there weren't any signs of it ever being in a grill. It was warm on the edges but cold inside. The manager came and said that they would take care of that in the bill. They changed it to a somewhat warmer Panini that was delivered in less than 5 minutes. Did they microwave it? Although the meat was warm this time, it was still dry and tasteless.
Then we discovered quite a big egg shell in my wife's Feta Burger. Well, at least the burger was hot.
The only bright point was that the manager waived the bill, so all we wasted was our time and appetite (although, I reserve the right to update this post in case of a food poisoning later tonight).