. "When you've shlepped all the way to the Distillery District (so that your out-of-town friend can stuff her chocoholic face with gourmet truffles at Soma), your dining options are kind of limited. The Boiler House wasn't open for lunch so we ended up here.\n\nWe had a 15-minute wait for a two-top. The hostess will let you leave the restaurant and come back later, but she will not call your cell phone to let you know that your table is ready. Probably because it'd be a logistical nightmare to keep track of everyone or perhaps because she'd bung up dialing a 10-digit number, seeing as how she spelled my name as SUZAN.*\n\nWe came back and our table was \"ready,\" meaning the table was cleared but not set so when our delicious hot, buttery baked pretzels ($5 for two) and basket of sweet potato fries ($7) arrived, we had to ask for...and then wait a while for napkins to wipe off our sticky, greasy fingers.\n\n20 minutes later, when my spicy red Thai curry mussels ($12) arrived, I had to ask for...and then wait a while again for a fork. The curried broth was nice but way too many of the mussels were undercooked and slimy. Ew.\n\nThe place is huge and was packed full of tourists that day (mostly men from what I presume are places where people eat a lot of food, don't exercise, and never get direct sun exposure)...so I can see why the waitresses would be absent-minded. They were most likely hired to look good in tight tops and miniskirts, and not so much for their hash-slinging experience.*\n\nBah, whatever, Mill St. Brewery is not a fine-dining establishment and all I would expect from it is good beer. On that, they deliver. I had their \"award-winning\" Tankhouse Pale Ale ($6 for 20 oz.) from a newly-changed keg which yielded a sumptuously creamy head and a lovely orange peel aroma in the beer. My friend was equally impressed with her Mill St. Extra Special Bitter (ESB).\n\nBOTTOM LINE: Great beer; not worth a special trip for a meal but has adequate bar food if you happen to be in the area, served by babelicious waitresses. This place is like Hooters for beer snobs.\n\nBeer: 4 stars\nFood: 3 stars\nService: 2 stars\n\n______________\n* Bet you didn't know that I could be such a judgmental asshole, did you?**\n______________\n** You probably did."^^ . . "7"^^ . "2009-10-20T00:00:00"^^ . "6"^^ . "3"^^ . . "6"^^ .