We entered into a beautiful boutique restaurant with white tablecloths and a bar surrounded by…read morehappy patrons. The bar menu is amazing. Many martini selections and more! The best meatballs and charcuterie in the region. Homemade by the owner. Decadent chocolate layer cake with raspberry glacé finishe the fabulous bar experience. This all happened in a gorgeous renovated structure built in 1843! Do not miss this amazing experience dosed with local art for sale!

love the atmosphere, the people, feels like family because it is. Highly recommend…read more live music is wonderful

I'm making a bold but very deserving claim that this is the best culinary experience in the area…read more It starts with the beautiful design of space and layout, but also carried through to carefully chosen high quality ingredients at a very reasonable price, and an excellent service experience. Can we get this in a Michelin guide for those traveling to Chautauqua or Lily Dale? What did we have? A perfectly juicy selection of lobster tail full of its own sweetness resting on top of a bed of pappardelle pasta bathing in saffron cream and sweet summer corn for pops of texture. A lumpy deep fried crab cake that crackled on the outside and then fell apart into juicy flakes upon breaking the fried shell. A sour dough bread with herbed butter that melted between the half sliced folds holding it together until fully pulling apart. Iced tea and lemonade Arnold Palmer with flavors that kept us guessing and curious about the added sweet spice profile. Definitely coming back, perhaps every single meal I can when I'm in the area.

Great addition to the Institution/Mayville-area. Staff are…read moreprofessional, attentive and pleasant. Owner is really committed to fresh in season local ingredients and creative/elegant preparation. Nice seasonal cocktails, impressively considered wine list. The menu has something for everyone, except maybe for anyone who wants a traditional meat-and-potatoes meal. (But still... They'd probably like their food!) Not for everyone, just perfect for most.

What a cool place. Spacious seating so you are not packed in. Huge portions. i had the fish and…read morechips. split them with my wife and left stuffed. we had the goat balls appetizer. all the food was delicious. our waiter was great. attentive without being too pushy. Highly recommend. i will say, it is not cheap. but the portions and quality justify the prices.

We got skunked at the Skink and Goat tavern on Monday…read more We have been driving from New England to Ohio to drop our oldest off at college and always wanted to come here. It is their senior year, so it was our last chance so we made sure to stop. We came in on a Monday around 1 pm. I had made a reservation, but not needed The waitress promptly brought us menus. There were five other tables occupied. We waited 25 minutes (I started a stop watch after 10) and the waitress never came back to take our order, bring us water or see if we had any questions. We had the menu down. I tried to flag her down but she ignored us. So we got up and left. All in all a very disappointing experience. We were so looking forward to it, the music was great, the food smelled great. But the service was beyond horrible. .

I absolutely love this place. The drinks are fantastic and unique. The service is phenomenal and…read morefriendly. The ambiance is perfectly quaint and relaxing. My wife and I try to make there every Friday that we can for and end of the week tradition which is more about getting a good drink.

Love the ambience and the good selection of their drinks here (it is quite pricey, but it is well…read moreworth the experience) . The schoolhouse is a great place to grab a drink and hangout with your friends. Though, there are limited selections of food/snack items offered.

Loved 2 Ames for years, great spot in Chautauqua Institution for lunch, dinner and late night…read morecocktails. Staff is amazing and the restaurant is super cute and unique.

I've previously given 2 Ames a 5-star review and was genuinely excited to return, which makes this…read moreexperience especially disappointing. Unfortunately, this visit was so poor that I'm not sure we'll be back. We ordered the burger and chicken sandwich. The $30 burger was completely raw inside and had an off, almost rancid taste that made it inedible. The chicken sandwich was the opposite, overcooked and burned. Both were listed as coming with house-made fries but instead arrived with basic bagged potato chips. Our server never mentioned the substitution when we ordered or when the food was delivered. We left the majority of both sandwiches on our plates, yet our server never once checked in to ask whether something was wrong. When we did interact with her, she came across as rude and generally unhelpful. We also ordered the brussels sprout Caesar salad, which was extremely disappointing and bore very little resemblance to a Caesar salad. The portions overall were small, and the quality simply did not come close to matching the prices. Our bill for two cocktails, one salad, a chicken sandwich and a burger was $116. I have no problem paying that for a great meal, but given the quality of what we were served, it felt like an incredibly poor value. The cocktails were really the only part of the meal we somewhat enjoyed. To top it off, we were celebrating a birthday and had noted it on our Resy reservation, but there was no acknowledgment whatsoever. I'm especially disappointed because our previous experiences here were excellent. Restaurants can have an off night, but between the nearly inedible food, unexplained substitutions, lack of service and price point, this was far beyond a minor miss. Sadly, after this experience, it's unlikely we'll return.

Food was disappointing. Very plain, something that you could do at home without much thought…read more Wait staff was not friendly.

Glad we found this restaurant in an obscure place on our way from Boston to Lexington, Kentucky…read more Great meal, great atmosphere, friendly service.

Awesome spot for coffee and treats. Iced americano was brewed exceptionally as they have their own…read moreBellwether coffee machine! The staff was super friendly and the environment is great to relax, read and or work.

I visited this cute cafe on a whim while visiting Erie and was pleased with my experience. There…read morewas a bit of a wait to order but the cashier was pleasant. I ordered coffee and a few pastries and I have to say they had one of the best blueberry scones I've ever tasted. I will definitely check this place out again the next time I'm in town.

I love Southern Tier Brewing Company's beer, especially their Pumking (though their limited Rumking…read moreis even better...) but I've also fallen in love with their Bourbon Smash cocktail-in-a-can they sell. The Empty Bottle is STBC's distillery and, to be honest, I think was more fun to go to compared to their bar/restaurant, The Empty Pint! Some family and I were visiting Jamestown for a weekend and after we had a few drinks and some food at The Empty Pint, we stumbled over to The Empty Bottle to sample some of their harder spirits and maybe some cocktails. Plus, we needed to escape the incredibly loud live music playing at The Empty Pint... Right from the start, it's a more intimate setting and was much more relaxed. We grabbed a table inside with no trouble at all and ordered a flight of their "Draught Cocktails". The ladies working behind the bar were incredibly fun, friendly, and enthusiastic and really brightened up our night! We enjoyed all of these drinks but we really loved one called "Transfusion", which was their vodka, Welch's Grape Juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and ginger ale. We all wanted to buy a few bottles of this, if they made it, it was absolutely delicious! The price for the flight was very reasonable too and they gave you a nice pour for each. If you want food though, you'll need to take a short walk over to The Empty Pint, though I'd recommend just grabbing some appetizers, do a bigger meal elsewhere. My advice to anyone visiting Southern Tier Brewing Company would be to first come to The Empty Bottle and enjoy cocktails and the harder spirits then round out the evening, once it gets a little later, with a Pumking (while it's on draft) at The Empty Pint, up the road a few steps. I'm really looking forward to coming back to The Empty Bottle the next time I'm in the area!

We enjoy going to Souther tier brewery. The food is very good and the beer selection is not bad…read more Everything has to ordered at the bar which can result in quite a wait when it's busy...and it's always busy! If the service was faster we would go more often.

I cannot believe it took me so long to try this spot. It's tiny but mighty. The drinks were great,…read moreand I loved the vibe. I wish we had a place like this out by where we lived. It felt so lively in there, and everyone was having a nice time.

Great cocktails at a cute little spot. I always stop here first before going out for dinner in…read moreHamburg. The bar staff is amazing. You need to get the espresso martini here!

Several friends and I play trivia on sundays at 7PM... well run, good questions and not noisy,…read moreallowing us to hear the questions. The winning 3 teams each get a bottle of some kind of libation! A lot of fun and the number of teams is increasing. The owners are friendly and we all wish them well...

We stopped in for an after dinner drink and were pleasantly surprised. I order a hand crafted…read morecocktail, a lavender lemon drop. It was really good. Lots of unique drinks on the menu. The place had a comfy, upscale atmosphere but the prices were affordable. Our bartender was friendly, informative. We had some complimentary popcorn. They do have a small menu that was appealing but we had already had dinner. Next time we will come for dinner and drinks.