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The fries here are some of the best I’ve ever had. My chicken sandwich was absolutely delicious and the sauteed pierogi’s were perfect. Really friendly staff too.
Will definitely be back. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!
It was packed, it was understaffed, there weren’t enough seats, nowhere to hang a jacket, the stools were not the best idea for anyone wanting to be comfortable dining. I get it, it’s a bar but when you offer breakfast dining and full dinner menus, backless wobbling stools aren’t the way for tables. There also isn’t a railing for the stairs to get in or a ramp to walk up so fair warning if you have bad knees or aren’t steady on slightly higher stairs.
I thought maybe they were inexperienced with handling such a large breakfast crowd but apparently they’ve been at it for nearly a year and I’d honestly believe they just started this last week with all of the bumps we experienced.
We started out sitting at a table that needed to be wiped. The waitress came over with a pad ready to take an order, no menus, no silverware, no napkins…okay…it’s busy. She’s new. It’s all new. That was my thought.
We ordered drinks, diet soda, unsweetened tea and a cup of coffee. I don’t know what happened to my wife’s coffee but it was cold. There was coffee flowing around the dining room so I don’t think it had been old or sitting but it was cold. We did get forks and napkins but no spoons or knives. She asked for the spoon…okay, it’s busy.
We placed our order and as we were sitting there waiting, we were 3 people on a high top with a 4th empty stool that was holding purses and jackets because there was no coat rack, no back of a chair, no purse hooks…the waitress came over and asked us if she could have that stool for another table. What?! Are you serious? This was the point where my dining experience went downhill. Where am I going with my jacket now and the purses? Sure, inconvenience us and our things for a seat for someone who you aren’t prepared to serve. We were utilizing that chair for the stuff we had no place on the table for…they definitely need more seats when they’re borrowing chairs from one table to fill another.
On to the food…I ordered the cheesesteak omelet and my fault I didn’t order the sauce on the side. It was not to my liking, maybe it’s good to someone else, but it was not good to me and it was covering most of the omelet. I tried to eat around it, still with no knife to cut it and the omelet was watery, the steak meat was bland, it was just disheartening. Got a knife, asked for the toast that came with it, asked for jelly for the toast…okay…salt and pepper on everything to give it another go. I tried. I was just disgusted at everything by this point and all the while thinking…it’s new, they’re trying, they’re understaffed and packed.
No drink refill happened, the waitress didn’t come back around for that but the owner did come around and ask how everything was. We all struggled to say anything nice. My friend said lol the toast is good. But my wife’s toast looked like someone had beaten it up in the back…it was half ripped, slapped on the plate…whatever. My toast was the best part about the whole thing so I said nothing because I knew I was about to not be friendly and he was trying. My friend’s omelet wasn’t correct, it was supposed to be the special ham and cooper with mushrooms but it didn’t have mushrooms. I knew that was going to be wrong when the waitress asked what kind of cheese she wanted…lol…cooper, it’s the special. My wife told him about the coffee, it was the most horrible she’s ever had and I don’t drink coffee so I don’t know. He did apologize and gave us 3 random pastries to make up for the coffee, which was appreciated by her.
I thought today is just busy, they’re ironing out the bumps and maybe in a few months they’ll be better and we can give it another shot. I found out later they’ve been doing this since last summer. Maybe we don’t need to go back. Maybe just stick to bar food, expectations are much lower with that.
The owner was friendly, the experience just wasn’t good for us, but everyone has a bad day.