Curt P.
Yelp
I've driven past this establishment many times and they always seem busy on the weekends. I previewed the menu and it looked amazing! We decided to ask another couple to join us for dinner this evening (Sunday).
Upon arriving, there were very few people at around 5pm. The red flags started flying. I should've taken the cue and made my way to another place for dinner. I wanted to give them a fair shot and stayed.
Our waitress was "green" and obviously did not know the menu. We asked a couple questions about it and she excused herself to get answers, but forgot upon returning with our drinks. So, off she went again and came back with some of the information. (Sigh)
We placed our orders and waited a good bit of time for our food. No worries, good food is worth waiting for and it gave us time to visit. Well, apparently they have a very talented menu writer on staff, and someone may have forgotten to convey this to their cooks/chef - the amazing flavors described in the menu. The food was warm and mediocre at best. We ordered: dbl cheeseburger, wonton wrapped mozzarella sticks, BLTA, Oktoberfest beer and the Nashville Hot Mac n Cheese. I can honestly state the mozzarella sticks were tasty, but warm at best. The Double cheeseburger lacked the cheese, the BLTA did not have six slices of bacon and it was the sorriest sandwich I've ever seen, the Mac n cheese was not good - cold, overcooked/bland pasta, WAY too much sauce (Nashville hot sauce), the chicken coating was falling off - not crispy, no coleslaw and the pickles in this dish were out of place. I found it hard to complain about 3 of our 4 dishes and just decided on the spot that this would be our only visit to Published Craft.
Recap: The beer was good and the mozzarella sticks were good. Service was not good. I was hoping to try other dishes on the menu as I read it, but I don't think it will happen. I was so excited to try out this place only to walk away disappointed.