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    The Laughing Loon

    2.8 (4 reviews)
    Open 12:00 pm - 10:00 PM
    Updated 3 months ago

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    9 months ago

    Great burger and oven crisped French fries. Very good and cheerful service, cute place and OPEN Monday!

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    6 years ago

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    3 years ago

    This bar is closed. We stayed at the Inn for the weekend and the bar was completely shut down and appeared as if it has been for awhile.

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    Slickers Adirondack Tavern

    Slickers Adirondack Tavern

    3.7(156 reviews)
    9.2 mi
    $$

    Slickers is a staple when visiting old forge. A great time with good and good drinks. Love their…read morebucket drinks and think they're a great deal and a fun souvenir. We were seated immediately which was awesome seeing as it was 4th of July weekend. We ordered the spinach and shrimp dip for an appetizer and we ate that up immediately. My boyfriend got a bacon cheeseburger which he thought was really good and cooked perfectly (medium rare fyi). I chose the drunken chicken which was huge and the chipotle mayo was a nice addition! Overall very good and filling. Slickers is always a good time with friendly customers and staff. I've never had a bad experience here!

    Upon arrival the place was pretty busy but we saw two open booths to our left. Due to being a…read morefamily of 5, they told us it would be a 10-15 minute wait for a table, outside and inside options were full. We didn't realize they were attempting to close the section to the left. We waited about 25 mins. Some other families arrived with 4 and were seated immediately. We were finally seated. 10 minutes after we were seated I went back to the hostess and asked who are server is since we still didn't have drink orders. It was the server that was serving the table next to us. She never said, "oh I'll be right with you", even after she went to that table 5 times. They kept asking for drinks and crackers and more items. After I approached the hostess I saw them flag her down and ask her to serve us, not sure if she was supposed to go home, on break or what the breakdown with service happened to be. After the hostess flags her down she comes up to our table and asks for drinks, no apology for the wait or having to flag her down to get service. I said we have been here for 10 minutes, we are ready to place our full order. We order everything. It takes 11 minutes to bring 5 waters, 2 sodas, and 2 bottles of beer. This is after the place has now cleared and is quiet inside. 85% of the tables and bar are empty. 28 minutes later our food arrives. She never came back to ask for refills. She had two tables at this point, ours and a family of 4 behind us. After the food was delivered and we were eating I glanced over to the bar to see the manager, hostess, bar tender all eating chips and dip at the bar due to it all slowing down. The server came right over to ask if everything was ok and began leaving before we could answer. We would like more drinks. Buser never cleared our table. I had to put dirty dishes on the table being cleared next to us. Service was negative stars. I have two stars because the food was really good, the environment was ok. Some cobwebs in corners and the building is a little shabby, but it goes with the vibe. I would rather have stellar service and ok food than great food and not great service.

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    The Back Door Bar - Chicken Caesar wrap was kind of dry but decent flavor.

    The Back Door Bar

    3.5(68 reviews)
    9.3 mi
    $$

    came here for the first time the other day and the vibe is awesome, space is large and great for…read morebig parties, and food delicious. given it is the winter time off season it wasn't extremely crowded which was nice because the service was excellent, very friendly and fast. i was happily surprised at the amount of gluten free options they had - GF pizza (cauliflower crust), GF wraps, and GF pasta! i ordered a buffalo chicken wrap on a GF wrap with ranch instead of blue cheese and it was delish - came with a side of chips and a pickle. there are generous portions for the price and so happy to see more gluten free options available, especially since this is one of the few spots open in off season!

    We were leaf peeping on a warm fall weekend having had breakfast at Campbells Diner on the way up…read morewe were not hungry but stopped for a drink and the view from the back door bar outdoor upper deck. Bartender was friendly and chatted with us for a quick minute as he served a large crowd. The burgers that went by as we stood there looked scrumptious and huge. I would venture to say the food must be good based on the looks of it and the size of the dining crowd. When we sat outside with the gorgeous view from the upper deck people below were getting pizzas that also looked delicious and I'd say about 18" with fresh looking ingredients. I cannot attest to flavor but the smells were awesome. Next time we will stop later and grab a bite for dinner.

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