In the last few months, Crave has really gone down hill. It pains me, but it's true. This used to be our FAVORITE place - we'd take our out of town guests here, we're buy gift cards for friends here, we were definitely regulars and we loved Jodi (the bartender) - she was legit! However, she left a few months ago and I have to admit, everytime we've gone back since (maybe 4 or 5 times), it's been terrible. The management allows employees to sit at the bar, which completely engulfs the bartenders attention. Multiple times now, we've been "neglected" because the current bartenders were too busy carrying on with the employees sitting at the bar. The food hasn't been great, either. I can't contribute that to Jodi leaving, obviously, but it's an unfortunate series on events because there is now NOTHING drawing us back. The language used by the employees and the bartenders is completely inappropriate given their surroundings, the service is awful (unless of course you enjoy being ignored), and the food has become nothing more than so-so. It's super disappointing, but we haven't gone back recently and won't be returning anytime soon.
(FYI, Jodi now works at Rivertown Pour House in Monroeville ;) We stopped in there a few weeks ago for a quick bite and a drink and ran into her working! Maybe that'll become our new "spot", ha!)