So i ordered the friend zucchini and mushrooms and they werent too bad but the zucchini was in sticks not round and some of them were kind of stringy, and the mushrooms seemed kind of undercooked. My bloody mary was awesome. It was only $3 on a sunday. But the worst part about the place was the womens bathroom in the hotel lobby because it looked like there was streaks of poop and little blood spots on the wall. Im a housekeeper and sorry but that just grossed me the f### out!!!
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Great service and the food was pretty good. I got the combo meal which came with a Greek salad, bread, and side with the gyros and the choice of chicken or pork. The gyros were great but the chicken was a little disappointing.
Their happy hour specials are hard to beat. They have a shot called wildfire on the prairie that is a must try, and their outdoor patio is the chillest. Apparently Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg used to hang out here? Or at least, that's the rumor around these parts.
Not bad for meeting some buddies after work for happy hour (great happy hour prices), or for closing out the night, belting off-key versions of Piano Man. Most of the food is ok but their steaks are surprisingly good and not too pricey. I'm always torn whether or not I think this place needs to be updated. Sometimes I feel like it needs an overhaul, but then I hear the piano. I like the piano bar atmosphere, gives it an old school vibe, and I think well, that's just part of the charm.
Love the old school ambience, they have a reverse happy hour! Our server was friendly, the food came out in good time (lunch) and tasted AWESOME. I had the gyro breakfast wrap while my buddy had the steak, both tasty!
As a smoker I'm very happy to report that they accommodate smoker's and have a separate patio area section that can be enclosed even during bad weather for your dining experience. Their menu offers a huge selection of items to satisfy any craving whether it is for hamburgers, steaks, chicken, seafood or Mexican food all at a very reasonable prices with fast and friendly wait staff included!!!
I took my friend to Charlie Brown's for her birthday,she had never been. The service,the food and atmosphere was great. We went for brunch. It wasn't crowded. I don't recall what we had for entrees,but neither one of us was disappointed.
I had wanted to go to Charlie Brown's for a year now and finally went. I'm not sure if the two star rating is accurate. But that's what I'm going to give it because the food was mediocre, the piano was in the corner and you couldn't hear it, the sodas were totally flat and mostly syrup. Unfortunately I will not be going back to this place even though there wasn't anything particularly wrong, it just wasn't good for me. The staff was very friendly and accommodating.
Really awesome piano bar and restaurant. Good for watching the game, meeting up with friends before heading out, etc. The patio is open year round, and is smokey.
I visited Charlie Brown s on a busy Friday after the 4th of July, and it was during what I guess is their well sought after free pig roast night. I recently moved to Capitol Hill from Breckenridge to work for a non-profit organization and do graduate research in the field of sustainability and I had gotten word of the classic old haunt known as Charlie Brown s. With it being walking distance from my new home, I was excited to try it out and toast to my new job. I checked out the menu ahead of time, settled on dinner plans, and set out for my walk to the restaurant.
I am African American, and as soon as I arrived in the door, I was treated by what I think were two waitresses, like I was homeless and had just wondered in off the streets from the park adjacent. Even though I was dressed cleanly, spoke eloquently, and had my hair nicely arranged, I was treated like I should not have come and could not afford to pay.
I came alone and just asked to sit at the bar since it was so busy with it being a Friday and a holiday weekend. Like I mentioned previously, I came for dinner off of the menu, not for the gaudily banner advertised, free pig , that was being passed around like it was the last supper. I sat down at the bar and the brunette waitress behind the bar with glasses and hair in a bun or pulled back did not even offer me a menu or any of the coveted free pig . Everyone around me of course was offered plate after plate of the stuff; but they also were not African American.
When I sat down, I ordered a drink from the brunette waitress and immediately pulled out my wallet, ready to provide an ID or a card to start a tab if needed. I thought me pulling out my wallet signified I willing and able to pay, but I was treated otherwise by the female bar tender.
Luckily, there also was a dark-haired gentleman behind the bar and he offered me some of the free pig . After I finished the pig , the brunette took my plate without asking if I wanted more pig, or anything else for that matter, but it was a buffet for others. I actually did not want more pig because I wanted to order off of the menu, but it would have been to have been asked since everyone else was. I was treated like I could not afford the menu and was rushed out like I came for the free pig. I ended up eating dinner elsewhere, and I m sure the restaurant did not miss the measly $50 I would have spent on dinner, but it was a sad experience for me and turned me off from patronizing the place even though I live right down the street.
I find it funny though that the waitresses who work in a restaurant attached to a hostel full of low-income housing where they refer to their popular dish as the charmingly trailer-trash colloquial pig instead of pork would have the nerve to turn a nose up at someone coming in to patronize the place. In fact, the staff looks like they themselves commuted here to Capitol Hill from some far-off rural trailer park, and brought their closed mindedness with them. Places like this are what keep holding this country back.
I will give the staff the benefit of the doubt and say perhaps they treated me like I was homeless is because I arrived wearing track suit and workout shoes since I walked there. My mistake, but I did not think a restaurant that advertised, free pig roast . while it lasts on a huge, colorful banner out front of their restaurant had much of a dress code. Plus, the hippie Caucasian people sitting next to me with the piercings, tattoos, and colorful hair, were dressed similarly, (actually they looked homeless), but they were not treated the way I was. The dark-haired guy behind the bar was cool though, thank you!
We went there to check out the birthday special before heading to karaoke, we decided to have dinner and loved it! Gyros plate was delicious, and the chile rellenos were awesome too...we stuffed our faces and had a great time in the great atmosphere.
A quintessential experience. Between the phenomenal food, lovely staff, and lively music, Charlie Browns is a wonderful place to visit with friends or to have a date night.
Anyone who gives this place 1 Star might be an idiot! I m looking at you Madi Love. This place is wonderful if you re not and uptight prude it s a bar. It has good food, it smells like smoke because they have a smoking patio (what a mind boggled). Don t walk in with too many expectations of high end service and understand it s not fancy, it is what it is and it s awesome just for being that, if you don t get that than it s not for you and that s fine. It s a classic standard for the Capitol Hill area. Buy one get one happy hour, Buck no they re not going to split that up, and that $35 tab they give you on your birthday? Don t expect to be able to share that either because if you can t drink $35 worth of booze this probably isn t a place for you anyway.
Not just anybody has a year-round smoking patio and a food/cocktail menu as expansive as Charlie Browns - this place a diamond in the rough. Cheers to you if you ve found it!
Great food. Our waiter was a snob from Boston. He was slow and took forever to serve us. We didn't tip him because he admitted to being a snob from Boston and he was.
Been going here for 15 years, but the prices have increased to where it's simply ridiculous. A small bowl of green chili cheese fries is $13.95. That's exhorbatant! The owner needs to wake up!
Came here for a meal after a long plane ride and a surprise 12 hour layover and couldn't have been happier. Got burgers, happy hour wine, and the most friendly and funny waiter. After a long day Rob made us feel right at home!
We loved this place. Being smokers, the huge back deck was great to hang out on and enjoy some drinks at the end of each night. And the service was top notch. We will be back next time we're in town.
Very hit-and-miss. Atmosphere is good if you're with small group of friends but crowded if you come with too many. Had a great female waitress one night. Different night had a male waiter who didn't know what a lowball glass is, or what a neat pour is (came stuffed with ice). Or the bartender didn't care. Or the two didn't communicate. End result was the same, for a couple of drinks. Limited spirits selection, on shots and drinks, so if you're into something particular, be okay with a 3rd or 4th choice. Orders can take quote a while to get to the table. The piano is cool, depending on the crowd. Overall, the best part of this bar is the patrons. I hesitate to give it 3/5 but it's not terrible, just not good.
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