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The Loaded Slate

3.0 (119 reviews)
Closed 4:30 pm - 2:30 am (Next day)

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Mikinzie S.

I just dined here this morning for brunch. The bloodies are delicious and fun with all of the fixings, the food was bland and mediocre (I had the wisco breakfast burrito, my friends had the burger, Korean ribeye Bowl, chicken tacos). While the food wasn't great, the reason I'm writing this review is because of the rude service from the waitress (didn't catch her name but it was the blonde one). The menu says the breakfast burrito comes with pico de gallo and sour cream on top. When it came without either of those things, I mentioned to the waitress that I thought it was supposed to come with those toppings. She copped an attitude and said "they come on the side" without any apology, then didn't offer to get them for me, so I had to ask "can I get them please?" Then while I was waiting for the pico and sour cream for my flavorless burrito, she was handing a beer across the table and spilled it on my burrito. Again, no apology and just walked away. We got our check and asked for 4 boxes and she only brought 2 large boxes and a small box. When I asked her for a large box, she responded "well I'd have to go downstairs to get it." WHAT???? 1) it is literally your job. 2) given that there are other people eating, you are going to have to go downstairs to get boxes anyways at some point. 3) why didn't you bring the right amount of boxes in the first place? I really don't understand where her attitude came from and, as a first timer, can't say I'll be back and would not recommend it to anyone. The pandemic has been hard on everyone, as has inflation, so when I go out and spend money, I want it to be a pleasant experience with service that at least don't get sassy with me when I ask for the things that are supposed to come with my meal. Isn't that what I'm going out and paying for? To note, I have friends in the service industry and so I'm always compassionate about what they have to put up with and go out of my way to be friendly and say thank you for everything. I'm really confused why she copped such an attitude when it wasn't even busy and we had been nothing but nice (let alone spend quite a bit of money on drinks and food). By the end, we couldn't wait to leave with how uncomfortable she made things. TLDR: Please train your waitstaff to be polite and to do the job they're getting paid to do. It was such a shame to have to start the day this way when we were visiting family in town.

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Terri B.

Appears to be an alright place to stop for a drink during Fiserv events, but not to eat because they have a limited menu.

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Jenn M.

Was walking by last night and decided to stop it. Good vibe for a Tuesday night. Sat down and it took a while before someone came up to us but eventually they did. We put our order in for food, cheese curds were nice and hot not to mention the wings were pretty good. The drink was pretty good and not on the weak side at all, seems to be a younger crowd. But overall it was good, not sure if I would stop in again but who knows :) The place is small when you get inside, but when you look from outside looks BIG however they have nice big windows to look out of which is nice. They also have seats outside which is good if you want to eat outside in the summer weather. What I didn't like was being asked to close the bill because our server was leaving for the night. Not sure if that's s common thing, but it was a first for me ..... so we were asked to close the bill because she was leaving for the night, but we could re-open a new one with the next server. We were still eating and enjoying our conversation until that point

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Pamela M.

It's an interesting concept. All the slate and chalk writings. A very young crowd resides here. My bloody mary was so salty that I simply could not choke it down -- good thing is our young little tank-topped in winter server was so sweet and kind enough to get me another drink instead and not charge me after trying to fix the first bloody mary. She really was a doll. It's a cool place and all. But doesn't resonate as well with me as maybe it would some others.

Peter H.

I don't know what I'm more excited for, the drinks or the food. This is great spot to meet up and share some food or pig out before the drinking begins. Either way, I definitely recommend this place.

Damon R.

I had a coupon to use for 25 dollars worth of food. They honored it with no issue. I stopped in on a Friday, it wasnt packed at all. We ordered all apps. So we ordered a couple orders of jumbo cheese sticks, french fries, chicken wings (BBQ and Plain) and cheese curds. Lastly, we had the chicken quesadilla minus the mushrooms. Its smaller on the inside then what I imagined. It is big enough to get the job done. We had a fairly large part of (6). We sat down at two separate tables at the entrance. The interior is dark and filled with sports memorabilia. The tables have chalk boards built in. This kept my kids occupied until the food came! The food was really good. I was surprised. I have one complaint. It was a Friday and I am allergic to seafood, Im sure I tasted the food and it was cooking (fried) in the same grease as the fish. I stopped eating the fries right away. Only the fries tasted like this so I dont know? Besides that I had a great experience. They have multiple nights of the week when they have specials. I would love to go back to try other specials that they have. Oh yea I tried to go about 2 weeks ago on a Sunday and we were told that they kitchen closed at 5pm on a Sunday......plan ahead, also parking is a royal pain.

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