Location: East Palo Alto, CA
Cuisine type: American
Atmosphere: sports bar
Meal: lunch
Price range: $10-$15 (entrees)
Overall grade: 6.4
Ben
We shared a sausage and mushroom pizza with a roasted tomato cream soup and a house salad. The place is a sportsbar at an awkward location around Ikea - the reason we were in the area in the first place. The food was OK, the mushrooms were canned on the pizza and the soup was average. The atmosphere looks like a reliable place to watch a game. The prices were about what you'd expect. The place is a satisfactory sportsbar. The manager was friendly in greeting us and sitting us, but the waitress forgot us outside and I had to chase her down for an extra plate in order to split the pizza and to get a refill on our drinks. Overall a pretty decent sportsbar with bar food.
Food 6
Drinks 7
Atmosphere 7
Service 4
Value 7
Nina
With most errands out of the way, we went looking for furniture at IKEA so we could start shaping up the design of our new place. As unexpected disruptions to our schedule (misunderstanding with rental car from Honda dealership, delay with documents at the DMV etc) tore us away from IKEA prematurely, we still needed to eat before heading back to San Jose. As such, we stopped at the closest restaurant we could see, a sports bar with a homey feeling and slight gourmet flare on the menu.
We skipped the sports-bar component (they had pre-season replays on TV) and went for the outdoor seating. The manager was courteous and explained to us the daily specials before taking our drink order and asking us to inquire on the daily specials with our waitress as well so she could practice presenting them. When she showed up, I could see why she needed the practice - not sure how new she was at her job, but she was certainly not on top of her game.
We ordered a creamy tomato bisque (we can never say no to those when they are one of the daily soup specials) and a sausage mushroom pizza to share. The food was good, though nothing too far out of the ordinary - about what you'd expect from a sportswear. We ate quickly (you can tell we were in a hurry, we even forgot to take a picture) and headed back out to errand running, so it wasn't the kind of meal you think back on with fondness. However, it seems like it would be a great place to watch a football game when our preferred team is not on one of the ESPN channels.
Food 7
Drinks 7
Atmosphere 8
Service 4
Value 7
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