"2015-06-30T00:00:00"^^ . "3"^^ . "5"^^ . "2"^^ . "2"^^ . "Excellent, legit Irish Gastropub in Plaza Midwood. Now, mind you, I only went there for drinks, but goddamn it left a great impression on me.\n\nFirst of all: you know all the crappy Irish pubs around town? Not this one - The Workman's Friend is straight-up Irish staffed. I think I heard an Irish accent in about half the men and women behind the bar. Second, the whiskey menu is quite extensive and they've set aside a number of excellent Irish whiskeys. Thirdsies: they've taken a cheeky approach to the Irish pub setting and made the wallpaper look seriously scuffed up from all sorts of imagined bar brawls, make-out sessions, and general hullabaloo. I say it's imagined because the place had only been open for a week when I got there. Probably not enough time to wreck the place several times over... although, it is an Irish bar in Charlotte, so.....\n\nThe menu's Irish gastropub fare looked quite good but my friends and I were just hanging before dinner elsewhere.\n\nAnyway, it's worth the checking out and it beats the hell out of a lot of other places in town - I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next at this place!"^^ . . . .