279 Bar And Grill

I have been here on several occasions and had a wonderful experience each time. The food is consistently solid, and i'm always looking forward to having great beers with my dinner.  You won't be disappointed as long as you have an open mind to new flavors.

After hearing some good things about 279 a group of us decided to try them out on a recent Friday night. I like the fact that there are a lot of TVs and plenty of baseball games were on to watch but they definitely seem all over the place in terms of what they are trying to be. It seems like part sports bar because of this, but then they also had live entertainment starting up around the time we were leaving. During our dinner there was also a wide variety of music playing, so I don't really know how to classify them on this front.

As far as the food is concerned, we were all very happy with our meals. They offer different dinner specials during the week that are a little bit more on the pricy side ($20-30) for many of the entrees. I went with the 279 burger, which also comes with fries as the burger options are much cheaper. The burger had some sort of sriracha mayo on it which I loved (along with everything else about the burger). The fries were really good, too. They have a decent beer selection (bottles and draft beer) as well.

My biggest complaint is that they give you a menu with all of these other options on it to choose from. I was set to order the Porketta Pocket that was listed, and my friends planned to order from this menu as well. When we went to order, however, we were told that you can only choose from the dinner specials or the burgers, leaving most of the items on the menu we were given not available. I'm not sure when you can order the other items as this was at 8 o'clock on a Friday, so I think they need work on that situation.

Not at all impressed by 279.  After hearing rave reviews by other Yelpers and a few other friends, it was quite the letdown.

The server was friendly but very uninformed.  Didn't know what beers were on tap other than Miller, Coors and Bud.  Several questions about the menu were unknown although she did find the answers after consulting with the kitchen.  Asked to split the check evenly which would have been around $35 per person, but each person was charged a seemingly random amount.

The tempura prawn appetizer was lackluster.  Breading was soggy and falling off and not much flavor to the dish.  Also overpriced at $11 for 3 shrimp.  I had the crab cake entree which was really good, but the sides left a lot to be desired.  The Fillet Mignon was well prepared, as was the risotto that accompanied it. The other entrees ordered by our table were just OK.  Veal was a little tough and lacked flavor.  Grouper was overdone and not anything to write home about.  Dessert was just awful.

Overall, for me, it felt like it was a bar trying to be a restaurant, but not going the extra mile to complete the transformation.