Came here for dinner with my best friend on a Friday night. A healthy crowd but not packed as this joint livens up later in the evenings. The live band was setting up.
If you're looking for a place to get nightlife and drinks - this place is perfect. If you're looking to eat - run, don't walk away from this place. The food was terrible and the service was despicable.
The restaurant had plenty of tables available, but for some reason the hostess decided to sit us at the bar. This would come back later to bite us in the a$$ as we ran out of space to put food (and we only ordered a grand total of 3 dishes).
The drinks are reasonably priced, ~ $10 for a cocktail, $7 for draught beer.
We ate:
Pork Cracklin',$5. Doesn't taste any better than the stuff you buy in the grocery store that comes out of a bag. The buttermilk-lime sauce was WAY too salty.
Boots & Bourbon Poutine, $9. Don't let the cast-iron skillet in which the poutine comes served on fool you - the fries came lukewarm. The pork was not flavorful in a good way - just drowned in BBQ sauce.
Rich 'Boy Spicy Lobster, $16. We opted for a side of coleslaw. They aren't joking about the spicy part, this lobster po'boy was SPICY! To the point where I started sucking air to cool it down. The bun was buttery and toasted and there were substantial chunks of lobster in the sandwich. Probably the best thing we ate all night. The coleslaw was disappointing. Bland and unsatisfying.
At the end of the day, the damage was around $86. For that price I could've gone to the Big Crow, or Buster Rhino's and gotten real Southern-style food, heck even Carbon Bar and left satisfied. This place was a complete waste of money. Our server was unattentive and was chatting to a guy who hung out at the bar all night. It shouldn't take 20 minutes for me to get my beer off the tap, or 20 minutes to get her attention to grab my bill.
Next time I'll take my money over to Leslieville Pumps - yeah, that's right - a gas station is serving better food than this place.