Carey C.
Yelp
Egads! A hard pass on returning to this place. So many things wrong, ugh. 1st and foremost - food safety! Then prices! Then lies! Then ambiance. Bad enough I had to report them to the Health Dept.
Walk up to the place at 4 pm, and it looks closed. I proceed to walk past 2 men putting up St. Patrick's decorations, and one grunted at me "Um, do you need help?" - Why yes Mr. Grumpy Pants, I'm looking to partake in your Happy Hour. He points me to the bar.
Ambiance
I arrive in the bar and sit in a corner booth. I am then accosted with 2 different songs (yes - they had a jukebox playing 1 song, and another song belting out from somewhere else) then 3 different TV stations with their volume turned all the way up. I felt like it was going to set me into seizing, it was so overwhelming. I complained to my server, and she said it bothers them too, but that is how management likes it.
Lies
I ask to see the happy hour menu, and my server says there isn't one. I said that we had called the night before and confirmed happy hour is from 4-6, and there is a snip-it on the bar menu that says "Happy Hour Specials from 4-6". My server goes and talks to the bartender and comes back and says $3.50 Jack, Stoli & Bacardi. I said, shots? Drinks? Can I get a Stoli Martini? What about food specials. Yes, yes, No & No is what I got in return. What? No food specials? No thank you.
I asked for a water while I waited, and my server brought me one from the bar. I tasted it, and almost gagged. I asked why can't I have a bottle/carafe that I see at other tables? She said it's because management doesn't like/allow those to be served in the bar area.
So I moved to the dining area to escape the acoustic onslaught, the gross water, and virtually non-existent happy hour menu.
Food Safety
In the dining area, they have a big butcher block with all sorts of vegetables and a bowl of Feta cheese in liquid. I wondered what that was for. Found out when I saw the table next to me order a salad, someone came out from the back and started cutting stuff up with their bare hands. This is against the food code! Plus they didn't even wash their hands either. Gross! Then they top the salad with this room temperature Feta cheese. I was there for 4 hrs - catching up with a dear friend - and not once did I see anyone try to keep the Feta cold, clean the butcher block, clean their hands, or throw out the warm Feta. Disgusting!
Price
I warned my friend not to get anything with Feta on it, so we got a flat bread and 3 martinis each, and our bill was $80 before tip! We each spent almost $50 on 3 drinks and a piece of pizza. What a rip off. Don't go here.