This bar/liquor/beer/vino store is just far enough off my regular beaten path that I forget it's there! It's caddy corner meaning, it faces east off of 72 next door to Bojangles, and is not really visible from 72, and, I'll just say it, we all know what a cluster traffic-wise this area is during rush hour. So, it's easy to miss is what I am saying in a very long winded way.
We've only been once, shortly after it opened and for me, a strictly wine drinker it was between "meh" and "A-OK" really.
We went on a Friday post work. You walk in through the retail area, past the retail cash register and wind around to the right to the back bar. Either it was over crowded or short staffed the night we went, but drinks were coming out super sssssssssllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooow. People were lined up for days for what it seemed like was, one bartender.
The wine list was very limited and, I wanted a glass or two and some eats. Well, they don't have "eats." Patrons were getting Bojangles next door, or having pizza or grubsouth delivered.
Really? No one wants a glass of wine on an empty stomach! :( Not wanting to ruin one of our rare nights out. I took one for the team, and got some wine. It worked out to be less expensive to actually buy a bottle of pinot grigio from the retail side (reasonable wine prices by the bottle with a decent, not expansive, selection) and pay a corkage fee (but I do not think they charged me one), drink what I wanted and take the rest home. It took a while to make this transaction but it worked out. The package and staple the receipt to the bag for the bottle was awkward. I don't think the bartender knew what he was doing and he put it in a tiny bag with most of the bottle protruding - whatevs, it worked out fine.
We were fortunate to get seats at the bar, it's a fairly long bar and I don't recall any two-tops in the covered bar area. To their credit, they have a massive uncovered patio/grassy area out back.
My suggestions to TOB would be to set up some standalone bars in the patio area (think Lee Ann's in the old days or Furniture Factory) and hire some cocktail servers/waitresses to improve their service and drink ticket times.
They do have live entertainment, and apparently trivia and I think they host various food trucks now.
If you dig beer, it's likely a great place to hang out now, during COVID since their patio is so massive especially now that the weather is so nice. read more