2633 Riverside Blvd
Sacramento CA 95818
916.448.9988
We convened on the Land Park favorite this Thursday to celebrate the birth of the Coworker-who-hates-clowns. She's not an every week regular, but has been coming out, off and on for a couple of years now.
Quite a few of us got there early for their usually nice happy hour, but so did the rest of the neighborhood. We were three deep hanging around the bar, and the bartender was pretty much a dick. Crappy tips for him.
We finally got a small table and ordered more drinks from the waitress, great improvement. Chowed down on some really delicious calamari and waited for 7pm to roll around.
We had a nice large table kind of in the middle of the restaurant. Our waitress was nice, but kind of sucked at her job. It was 7.45pm before we finally flagged her down and asked if we could order. Her response, "Well, I didn't want to interrupt your chatting." Lame.
Oddly enough, no one ordered the Garlic Chicken Risotto with the "Sweat Peas". Hmmm, I think they meant Sweet. Well, our resident grammar goddess Jarla fixed that menu right up.
Our food arrived, and I have to say, it is really tasting, and they make fine drinks. If you took away the dick bartender and the kind of lame waitress, the place would be great. As it was, there was a fair amount of bitching between bites.
The gifts and cards were pretty awesome, she got lots of booze and this little gem from NakedBob/Harvey the Lounge Clown...
The Clown Hater's reaction to the gift... She may not like it.
So in conclusion - Early Happy Hour is good. Large party is bad. Food is good. Staff is questionable.
Journal Tidbit:
"I emailed Nairb about goats for sale yesterday and he isn't here tonight. Curious..." - Sluggy
And a lovely rendition of the Clown Hater's step-monster and dad that will be in town for the weekend. Done by our guest artist - her boyfriend.
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