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| - 2 stars for the quality of food and drink I had over here, but it escapes the 2 star review because it works well as a sports bar and I appreciated the service. Not only is it clean, comfortable and well stocked with flat screens hanging around, each booth has a TV screen (while not large it's definitely sufficient for the close viewing experience) and the volume goes high enough to be heard by the furthest person in the booth but not high enough to bleed in to neighboring seats.
Service was quick and my server was very friendly, something which I don't remember encountering on my visit to one of their downtown locations, so that was a pleasant surprise. This location is only a couple of months old, so I would expect that service would only be more streamlined.
I ordered a sirloin and for $19.99 it came well stocked with all sorts of stuff, two of which I was able to customize, one of the add-ons I wanted was quinoa, big mistake! I should have known better than to expect a vegetarian restaurant quality quinoa to be served here, it just fell short of tasting like dried rice and my steak was mediocre. But I really should not complain too much since I wasn't hit hard on my wallet by this dish, but I feel like I could have gotten a "safer" meal for a few dollars less and be satisfied.
I ordered a manhattan and was given the Shoeless Joes version of a manhattan, I'm not sure what changes they make to the original manhattan recipie but it just seemed to me like they just gave me a whiskey and ginger ale. So I would advice against that. I know I could have just been unlucky and ordered the one drink on their menu that's not that great, I was told that the bartender was new as well so that was also probably a factor.
I would come here again but not for dinner, but for a beer to catch a game I can't find too much fault with this location. If anything, it seemed to attract a few families which I found weird given that the Applebee's next door is more family oriented.
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