Showed up tonight with an hour and a half to spare...

Showed up tonight with an hour and a half to spare before I needed to be at Eppley. Grabbed a seat outside and ordered the Penguin Iceberg stout, while pointing directly at the beer menu.

I was then asked if I wanted that with dinner or before. Unaware of the miscommunication, I said as soon as possible.

5 minutes later, an iceberg lettuce wedge salad arrived. I ate it, assuming it was part of my dinner. The beer never showed.

My blackened chicken and fusilli arrived and I asked the lady who delivered it if she would please check on my beer. Our waitress reappeared stating that she must have missed the order and we zeroed in on the miscommunication. No biggie, I ll still have that beer please!

Long story short, the sauce was too soupy and the beer never showed up. I spent a frickin hour at a brewery and I couldn t get a beer. That s really something.

I explained my disappointment to her when she asked if we needed anything else. She assured me I wouldn t that the beer was on her (as though it had actually shown up). Then brought us the bill and charged us for the beer AND the salad. My mother s coffee came out, but was never refilled. Neither were our waters, for that matter. A special level of incompetence!

I now understand why the west location was closed and assume that this location is close behind. Jesus...