The Case of the Mystery Bar
This may be the first time I've been able to post one of these, I'm very excited.
This is a place that you could describe as "mutton dressed as lamb" if it wasn't painfully clear that the mutton only has a vague idea what lamb should look like.
Table service wasn't the best. Nobody seemed sure of what to do when I ordered a, very tasty, Epic Pale Ale. As my friend said, "they just seem to be huddled around and are occasionally pointing at you".
Anyway this is an "old favourite" warmed up. can you tell us where it is from the horrible blurry cellphone picture I took?
Correct.
It's still undergoing construction (okay, well defect cleanup) isn't it?
Surely they can't have been that dumbstruck when you simply ordered a beer? Wouldn't they have kept some barstaff, or has it been a fresh new start and a wholesale cleanout?
It was more of a "I took the order, now who gets him the beer?" And then later, "how do we collect payment?"
The waitress asked if I had a tab when I ordered, I said "no", and she replied "ok" and walked off. We laughed and wondered if that I meant I could have a beer or not. (I could).
The whole thing was more funny than annoying though
On Monday night I tried to go to the Featherston with my sister (to try out the "Grill" part of "Bar & Grill") but we couldn't work the door to get in.
Such was the shame that we sprinted off down Featherston Street in all our finery, laughing like maniacs.
If it's the one I'm thinking of... it used to be The Feathers Tavern, and is now called something imaginative like Featherston...