Upbeat, family-friendly sports bar & American eatery featuring local rock bands & a covered patio.
Went here for the first time today as I am new in town and was checking out local places. I ordered the plain Jane burger with cheddar and ketchup, side of mac & cheese and the buttermilk cheese curds with ranch. To say, I was disappointed in the quality of the food would be an understatement. The burger Was… acceptable, I guess. It didn’t have the right cheese, but that was whatever but for $12 I expected something that had a better taste/texture than the frozen burgers from Gordon’s food service. My real beef was the cheese curds. I love cheese curds and was very excited to try them up here in the north/Midwest. They came out charred. That is the best word I can use. I understand the servers don’t have any control over the food and how it’s cooked, but I would not have even bothered to bring those out as a Server— you know no one wants to eat charcoal cheese. I can’t even say that maybe they forgot about them because they were busy as there were at most 13 people in the restaurant at the time and only two of us were eating food. It was pretty clear that I had not eaten any of them, but neither server asked if there was an issue with them. Also, that’s on me. I didn’t bring it up, but i’m generally non-confrontational, and it was very loud and stressful in there, and I was getting overstimulated, and as I knew I’m definitely not gonna be becoming a regular, there wasn’t really much point. To speak on the overstimulation, again there were maybe 13 people in there and the music was at a volume more suited to a full house of over 100.
Food was ok, soft taco shells and chips were stale, but the spicy queso was amazing. Service was super slow and it was not busy. Bartenders were too busy talking to one couple and each other. Music was great!
Orders were wrong, waitress was on her phone at bar. We waited 20 minutes to get our drinks and then they were wrong. Waitress was at bar hanging around flirting with young men. Horrible waitress. Food was good and atmosphere was good also.
Maybe it’s because I had low expectations, but this place was a win last night. Shout-out to the DJ, Ian Thomas, who had an absolutely amazing set! He had a plan and executed it flawlessly. I would go back just to listen to his playlist again. The bartenders were also great; every drink we had was done well. I just wish the smell of cigarettes wafting in from outside wasn’t so strong, but it’s not something that would keep me from returning.
I understand short staffed but this was something else. I’ve never seen so many tables get up and walk. 1 waitress in tears, and no manager helping out. Took an hour and a half to get just our meals. Told after we ordered out of pork and Mac and cheese and chips. Told they were redoing kitchen so many times. At some point it’s no longer a valid excuse. Just offer bar services if your kitchen inadequate.