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    Anthracite Cafe

    3.9 (188 reviews)
    Closed 4:00 pm - 9:00 PM

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    ANTHRACITE CAFE ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Loud
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    French onion soup was pretty good.
    Matt R.

    The place is pretty accommodating for anyone. It's pretty wide and open... in the bar area. The dining area was small, but I'm assuming most people go to drink. There were numerous tvs on the walls in the bar area and from one channel that's on the numerous tvs they have the volume loud. I mean, it was so loud that the S- sounds on the person talking were piercing. It's so loud to the point that your ears WILL start ringing if you're there for hours. You know when noises are so loud that it melts into one sound? It's like that. If you go to the bar, bring ear plugs. It is past the point of damaging ears. I did not stay in the bar area as the person I was with has actual hearing sensitivity issues. Even the dining room was a bit loud, but comfortably loud. The food was fine. Everything looked gorgeous when it came out. Our soups (chicken soup and crock of onion) were great. I highly recommend getting the crock. Other than that, everything was bland. The burger I got which was called the garbage burger, I believe, looked phenomenal but tasted bland. It was as if the burger itself was a hunk of ground meat with no seasoning. The mushrooms on the burger weren't caramelized just cooked (sadly), so the mushrooms tasted like ground. No condiments came on the burger which was odd. The table itself only had ketchup, a1, and hot sauce. All three were put on and it still was overpowered by ground and ground beef. Fries were basic fries. Nothing special. The guy I went with said his food was just okay. Servers were good. They were nice and understanding with anything we asked for. They were the best part of the whole experience. Tl;dr I'm giving it a 3 because everything was, at least, edible, soup was great, servers were nice, atmosphere in the bar was bad and loud. Dining room was squished, less private due to it, and due to the slightly louder than average 80's music being played, you can hear everyone's conversations at each table clearly. It was fine.

    Leah G.

    Had the appetizer of fried pickles. Do not recommend. No taste. Too much breading. Ordered a cheeseburger. Was charged extra for cheese and 50 cents each for lettuce tomato onion and pickle. On a sat night, they ran out of Tito's at 8pm with the NFL games on.

    Smoked meats
    Erin M.

    I stopped in here after hiking all day. To my surprise Sundays are smoke night! I got the burnt ends and brisket with a side of corn and beans. The sauces were tasty and so was the food! I highly suggest stopping here for some home cooked food! Yum!

    Cheesesteak and 6 mild and 6 blue cheese/bacon wings.  A lot of food, but I powered through.
    Michael F.

    Thursday night is wing night with a bunch of different sauces and dry rubs to choose from. Both smoked and standard wings. They were great. So was the cheesesteak which was filled with tons of meat. Bartender was great. Very clean place and an awesome back area with large garage door size windows open for the beautiful weather. When I'm in the area again, I will be back.

    Special- Orange roughly with Ritz crumble
    MJ R.

    This place really means it when they say BIG FOOD! The portions are huge. We called later on a Sunday night, and got some bar seating. Its one of the few good places open on a Sunday. Sitting in the bar is the best and the service was outstanding. The bartender/waiter had a great sense of humor, was patient with us since it was out foest time there, and was quick with any requests we made. Hubby and I bith had the steamers. They were cleaned well, cooked perfectly, and were absolutely delicious! I could have eaten a pail of them. I ordered the orange roughly special with Ritz cracker coating and took a salad with it. The salad was huge...like a dinner in itself. Blue cheese dressing was on point. All very fresh. The fish was very tasty, but slightly well done, and I didn't realize that it included a heapin' helpin' of rice pilaf. I couldn't eat much of it because I was so full but took a to-go box. Pilaf was tasty and had a nice chicken broth flavor, and I clouded steamed carrots ... really good. Hubby has the Santa Fe salad with shrimp and loved it, although that, too, was HUGE. He ended up taking a large portion of it home and ate it the next day. Still delicious! Shrimp were very large and well spiced. He likes spicy! Would definitely hit this place again when in the area.

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    Kevin B.

    My family and I stopped in here in Sept and our experience was okay at best. They had buffalo cauliflower on the special menu so we got that as it's a favorite dish of ours and it was decent, but the buffalo sauce was very weak and wasn't as hot as we would have liked. I got the Middleswarth burger on a pretzel roll (I'm from NEPA and you can't find those chips down south) and it was unfortunately dry and surprisingly lacking in flavor. My wife got the sirloin steak and she thought it was iffy at best and overcooked. The beer selection was decent overall and I enjoyed a nice local IPA, so that definitely helped, but it didn't make up for the food. Our service was unfortunately pretty bad and our server switched up our meal with the couple next to us and forgot about our table often, which was a shame. I'd say it's an okay place to grab a drink, but I wouldn't come here for the food.

    Crab cakes with Mac and cheese.

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    Early Friday dinner. Excellent crab stuffed mushrooms. Pretzel Pretzel chicken sandwich was great. Wife's salad with shrimp spot on!

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    Great wings! What a huge variety. Plenty of room for large groups. Fast and friendly service, too!

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    Great service and good food. Never disappointed with any thing we order. We have only had breakfast there but we go every Sunday!

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    My wife and I stopped in on a busy Sunday afternoon and were quickly served. All the food and drinks were great. Not a single complaint.

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    Service chaged, wings suck. But have good catering,.............,.,..,,.,.......! .. .........

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    Went one time service was horrible they only served "bacon things" even though there were other items on the menu.

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