This place is open and airy, rather than dark and dim and smelly like every other bar in Springfield.
The menu is overly huge (7 pages crammed with entrees!), so depending on who's cooking and what you order, the quality can be a bit uneven. Many of the entrees and sandwiches are repeats or variations, and could be totally eliminated to simplify the menu. Pick a few great items and do them perfectly, rather than everything under the sun with mediocrity.
Now for Specifics:
The breakfast menu features fully half a dozen omelets, with just as many scrambles. A gripe about the scrambles - waaaay too many hash browns - these should be renamed "hash browns with eggs and stuff in them" Some traditional breakfast options are missing, such as hash and eggs, and the juevos rancheros are so Americanized they should be called Ranch Eggs to avoid being misleading.
The lunch menu is what shines here - these are some of the best sandwiches in town, with the exception of the loose meat sandwiches which were over-seasoned and greasy the day we tried them.
The bar crowd is pretty mellow, with the clientele tending toward middle aged working class - this is most definitely a neighborhood bar, but with a very open and welcoming atmosphere.
The service for weekend lunches (my preferred visit) is always great: fast and courteous without being intrusive. The bathrooms are clean, and the new nonsmoking ordinance puts the smokers outside on a currently uncovered but clean and warm and private.
All in all I like the place enough to visit it regularly - it is part of my weekend brunch rotation. I'd give it a definite thumbs up, or a nice solid b+ for its category read more
