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| - I arrived first, around 4:30, and waited a bit for my husband to come and meet up with me. This place is large with a concrete floor. Not sure a golfer finishing their round would feel comfortable walking in here on their cleats to "relax".
Somehow they were out of their "handcrafted" Bloody Mary. Our server said "because it's made with heirloom tomato and habanero pepper". Happy hour lasted until 6:00, so I asked why they couldn't just make me one, and the server said because they make the mix in "a big vat", but they were out at the moment. So much for the exclusivity of an expensive, handcrafted cocktail that should have been available during happy hour.
With a Bloody Mary out of reach, I ordered a glass of the only Sauvignon Blanc they had on the menu -- Nobilo. The regular, non-Happy Hour, price should have been around $9, since that's about what you can buy an entire bottle of it for at retail, but it was $14 ( I believe the Bloody Mary would have been the same price, give or take a $1). To add insult to injury, the Nobilo arrived via the stingiest pour I have ever experienced in a wine glass. I drank that in a few sips and pushed it to the very edge of the table, so the server might notice I was ready for something more substantial.
My husband arrived and the server came to take his drink order. After my husband ordered his drink, the server turned to leave and I had to call him back and point to my empty wine glass perched on the edge of the table. Ordered a Grey Goose martini. I figured if i was going to pay these kind of prices for a drink, I'd better ramp up the alcohol % in order to get some value out of it.
The music that played the entire time was the most head-banging rock from the 70s that I've heard since, well,..... the 70s. Those kind of tunes are more than fine, but better suited to a dive, pool and darts bar than what this place is trying to be. Very odd.
Our food was just OK. Will not return. Too expensive for the mediocrity that it was.
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