Jeffrey S.
Yelp
I really thought I loved this place until I encountered the owner and his friends. We came in to drink one drink and play some pool, I was second up to get on a table, had my name on the board and some drunk guy ahead of me was taking his sweet time on the table with his older lady friend, who spent about 30 minutes sinking all her balls - but hey, I am a patient guy. The same guy, Matt, is then up next and racks 'em and then asks us if we are next, to which I respond "yes". He says, "do either of you want to play?" and I encourage my son to get up there and play a game with him. He sinks every ball except the 8 ball and then says" be right back", whereby he then goes and sings two songs of karaoke. Meanwhile, there are now 5 other people with their names on the board and we are all waiting and complaining. He then comes back and in 2 minutes finishes the game. I step up to play my game, and some wire-thin, 1970s hair guy steps up and puts his quarters in and starts racking it, I think of saying something but let it go. I see they have erased my name from the board, so I go back and put my name at the top of the list. Then the drunk guy, comes back and plays with the white-haired guy, who was a pretty exceptional player and fun to watch. Well, that game ends and I step up thinking, with my name at the top of the list, that I would play, but then the old lady who played the first game, jumps in and puts her quarters in and then proceeds to go out back after she racks the table. By then, I had had enough and I put a dollar on the table and break 'em and start to play. Well, the woman, Betty, comes back and says "What is going on"? I tell her that they had already passed me up twice and that I want to play and that she can play next. Of course, the white-haired dude comes in and says, "that isn't how it works, you put your name on the board". I proceed to tell him that my name was on the board, but they erased it and that both of them had just cut in front of me, not once but twice. He called BS and told me it was his table, he was the owner, and his whole 'I am right' story. I said, okay, your bar your rules, but I see how you treat your patrons and "you are on Yelp, yes"? Well, he hesitates and says okay, you should have just said that, and come back and play. At that point, I told him had he listened to me in the first place, I was trying to calmly explain what happened, but he wanted to just come and push his weight around so forget it, I don't even want to play now and proceeded to leave. So then he got an attitude again.
I suppose I should have just hopped in the first time it happened and been more assertive, but I was trying to not make an issue of it and let it go. However, it is obvious the owner cares more about letting his friends take advantage of the situation and they felt privileged and didn't give a shit about the rest of the patrons. Not cool and enough to turn me off to ever returning.
