Pro's- INCREDIBLE ISOP'S (Inside Out Pizza, worth every penny), Great beer selection on tap and in bottle, Great beer selection in takout, great wings and sauces, great cooks....Dre and Billy or Jimmy? Tall thin black guys, GREAT cooks.
Con's- The great beer selection is overpriced, especially takeout. Some 6packs can cost you $18, anywhere else, that same 6pack is $13-14. tiny dining area (no importance to me). Sunday night bartender is brutal. Ordered a $7-8 craft beer (stout to say the least) served in a PAPER CUP!!!! Seriously? Was not refunded my $, was only given the second beer for free but again in a PAPER CUP!!!!!. Caucasian mid-week bartender is extremely rude and made several offensive gay jokes to myself and other bar patron's. Am I splitting hairs? I hope not because I genuinely enjoy the bar especially on Friday and Saturday nights or any evening Dre is behind the bar. I wish I could remember our bartenders name we had this evening. He has been there each time I've stopped in on a Friday or Saturday night. Extremely friendly bartender. I also am not a fan to anti-semitic tasteless jokes being a homosexual myself. Will never give my business if this bartender or the female Sunday night bartender is working. I always tip and most of the time, over-tip. I wouldn't be able to bare to tip a nickel to any of these two again. Extremely offensive and ignorant
Depending on what you order, it is either at par or extremely ABOVE PAR. Wings are great. ISOP's are magically delicious with about 6-7 different varieties. This was our first visit this evening to 5 different Springfield area establishments. I have been here dozens of times at various of times of the day and week. My partner had visited here once before with me and about 3 other times before. He didnt even want to stop in this evening, he was more interested in getting to Miller's ASAP which after each splitting a 10 or 12 wings (they sell them by 5 or half dozen) in their (DELCO sauce, phenomenal). We each had one drink, Captain and Diets. I was extremely tempted to grab a craft beer but knowing of Miller's beer selection we waited to visit their next. Being the 1st of 5 spots this evening that we stopped at, I would have liked to spend more time here.
The reason for the 3 stars was SOLELY based upon all of my visits here. Tonights visit would have received a 4 and probably a 5 if I dove into the craft beers. Being here before, I know there is no manager on duty, not even a bouncer. Then again the place is as big the first floor of my current home. But half the barstaff is extremely welcoming and serve draft beer correctly. One last example I wanted to mention in the con's was after ordering a Long Island (a $5 special they serve daily in a 16oz. pint glass, great deal and drink), the same comedian of a bartender dumped my dirty ice after I decided to order a craft wheat beer. He took the same glass I had just finished my LIT in and poured this delicious beer in the same glass. As a bartender (also heard, one of the owners) he has to know better. If a patron in my bar were to ever order a craft beer or even a Miller lite draft beer, that patron ALWAYS gets a fresh glass. That is either pure ignorance or laziness. My educated guess is laziness. If a bartender can recommend and described 6 of 8 different craft beers which he does then he must know , no patron (beer snob or not (me)), you serve this $5-8 beer in a FRESH glass especially when you have 20 longtrail glasses in various sizes next to these expensive beers.
I will visit again but only on certain nights and times.....take a guess when????
yep, Friday or Saturdays after 8pm. Also, the last place to take your family with children is Pappou's. But if you want some great beer, IPA's, Pale Ales's, Porters, Stouts, or Lagers try it out and by all means GET AN ISOP OR 12!!!!
My apologies to the ownership if this was a terribly negative review. I just think if you put a little more effort into serving such a great product and are going to charge a pretty penny for it, just take the time and serve it correctly. This would certainly bring me back in other days of the week. I actually do recommend your bar to fellow beer fanatics....just a little more training and a little less more tasteless jokes and you could be the #1 spot in town.
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