This is hands-down our favorite comfort food in Kent. Excellent quality, freshly prepared, homemade, home cooking. Yes, you have to sit at the Water Street Tavern, if you want to "eat in." It's ok - they're family friendly, we've brought our preschooler with us as long as it's early enough, and we've seen other kids there too. The food is not fancy, and it's served on plastic plates, paper trays, and occasionally a pizza pan. But it is SO good and so reasonably priced that you won't care. (Or you could get take out, if you do.) Be sure to go when the smoker's parked out front, because the specials are amazing. But even their regular menu is worth it - we've liked everything we've tried, but our favorites are the pulled pork po boys, the crazy dave's fries (french fries with beef drippings, horseradish sauce and who knows what else, so good), and the cobb salad. Go: enjoy.