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| - We stopped by on a Thursday evening to get close to the fireplace. Once again, we were told that this seating is only allowed if we order food. Now we just came from dinner, but I'm always up for an excuse to order more food so we agreed. But the table wasn't even close to the fireplace. Really couldn't feel a thing. We ordered four appetizers and the mac and cheese. Honestly, the most impressive thing was the curry sauce on the chicken sliders (which probably came from a pre-made packet, if we're being honest with ourselves here). The mac and cheese was runny, the potato cakes fell apart and had a weird texture internally, the experimentalist sliders were dry, the spinach and artichoke dip didn't taste at all like spinach or artichoke, and the brussels sprouts were undercooked. I had a cider, but everyone else ordered a warm drink, including a hot cocoa--these seemed to be a hit given the goal of warmth. It was pretty cool that they had a live band (of two) rocking it on stage, including a mandolin and a cover of Hallelujah. It was difficult, though, to get our server to pay any attention to us after the food came out. We didn't get asked about a second round of drinks, we had to ask multiple times for containers to pack up the food, and it took forever to get the check. I still like the place, but I'm not able to call this visit a win.
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