I want to like this place but after 10 second chances i have concluded that they are "taking the piss" they need some new bartenders / front of the house VERY bad attitudes and service skills. the only thing that kept us coming back was the food. never had a problem with the food..except for the fries they must cut up fingerling potatoes for these little hash browns which they serve with 3 dips that taste great if you dont mind getting it all over your fingers attempting to dip  .allways had a problem with waitstaff/barstaff having bad attitudes and poor skills leaving sated but angry.
Review Source:The atmosphere was nice. Â The beer was mixed - for example, the oatmeal stout is runny and thin; but others were fine (very mixed reviews on the raspberry jalapeno). Â The food all over all, though, is a bit of a disappointment. Â At best, their dishes are just ok - I ate with 4 others, and we had a range of dishes (burger, catfish, salad, mussels and pasta). Â Other dishes were salty, a bit greasy, or just didn't have the flavor expected given the ingredients. Â And the salad dressing is pretty awful - gummy is really the best word for it.
Best way to look at it: go for the beer, find food some place else. The quality is not worth the price.
I ate here last week for a friend's birthday. I didn't bring ID, and they refused to serve me a glass of wine. I'm 30 years old and don't look underage. I found this behaviour ridiculous. As I was with a large party, I couldn't leave to go elsewhere. Screw these people.
Food was standard. Not bad, but nothing special.
Bow down to the godliness that is Bandwagon fries, with THREE dipping sauces. Ok, one of them is ketchup, but the curry sauce is good for fans of spicy, and the garlic aioli is ridiculously good. The fries paired with a flight of beer paired with a game of darts equals a great night out.
Review Source:Really cool underground spot on Cayuga Street just around the corner from the State Theater, so a good spot for pre and post show partying. Â They have about 15 to 20 draft selections, with about 6 of those being house brews. Â I went with the Ballast Point Sea Monster Imperial Stout which could be one of the best of that variety I have ever tried. Â The space is dimly lit and cozy with small wooden tables, a glass case on one wall displaying old copper beer canisters and other historical beer artifacts, very cool. Â Tried the boneless chicken tenders which came in a generous mound, deliciously hot and crisp, if a bit messy, with some Asian spice I couldn't quite put my finger on, and came with large bowl of great blue cheese dressing. Also tried wontons with potato filling. Â Three extra large fried wontons overstuffed came with a sour cream dipping sauce. Â Would have liked 6 or 8 smaller wontons as these began to fall apart due to being oversized as we ate them. Â Will definitely be back, my kind of place.
Review Source:Bandwagon is good for stopping by and having a snack and a beer to go with it. They also serve some food until late. The bandwagon fries in particular are really good. The house brewed beers are unfortunately hit or miss and should probably be a dollar cheaper. Happy hour from 10PM to close ($1 off house drafts) is convenient.
Review Source:Visiting Ithaca with friends for an alumni event at IC, and looking to try something new since most of our old haunts on the Commons are no longer in existence. Initially seated quickly, but then forgotten about. Took a little while before we got a server, and someone in our party had to get up and ask for one from the hostess, but he was great. Fries appetizer was yummy. They had gluten free stuff, which was great for my friend with celiac disease, and the waiter really knew what had what in it for her. The caramel bacon sundae was a very interesting combination of things I wouldn't have combined but was fantastic! I tried a flight of their beers. only eh, and I usually like craft beers. Don't know if it'll survive in Ithaca, but I'd go back the next time I'm up.
Review Source:Bandwagon is so unique and makes you feel like you're in europe. I love the stone walls and atmosphere.They have the *best* beer battered fish fry and fries and their hand crafted beers are awesome. The "High Step Weizenbock" is my favorite, the taste is exactly what I like. They also have a lot of local and regional food choices, which will keep me coming back as the seasons change.
I think they could improve by putting some better music on, especially Friday Night, and or perhaps a silent film, black/white, foreign or classic indie film, on the TV in the back room, instead of news/sports. Just a thought :)
Well shucks, after living in Ithaca for over a year and exhausting my dinning options I gave Bandwagon another try. Â I've gotta admit I had it wrong with these guys, or maybe they worked out a lot of their kinks since they have been open. Â I would now put them in my top 5 Ithaca restaurants. Â Why not 5 stars? Â Well, though their beer has improved ten fold, their food reached a consistant level of tasty, and their late night bar scene is totally my jam I still want to give them a little push to keep working at it. Â These guys are clearly bound for excellence, and I don't want to sell them short of it.
Review Source:I had to waver a bit before choosing 4-stars for this review. Â The pub is as others have described....all over the place. Â One thing's for sure: you never know what's in store for you on your visit. Â If you've got plenty of time and enjoy a bit of drama or chaos, you'll find the bi-polar nature of the place very much to your liking.
On our most recent visit, we all were very pleased with the food. Â The two burgers and one pasta my friends ordered were really good. Â My pork tenderloin was fantastic...tender, perfectly spiced, with fresh and delicious sides of potato and vegetable. Â
Not so pleased with the service. Â I don't know what the problem is, but it seems they never manage to find or keep employees who can deliver. Â Sometimes frazzled, sometimes indifferent, but never excellent. Â
That's too bad as the cocktails, beers, and the upscale pub grub is good. Â Stick to the burgers and meat entrees and you won't be disappointed.
I really want to like this place. I've been there several times now, and I keep wanting it to impress me. There are a few dishes that have, like the fries and a pesto pasta. But there are lots of items, like the veggie burger and habanero pasta (not really spicy, despite the warnings!) that sound good in the menu descriptions but just fall flat in execution. Plus the house-brewed beer, which should be a proud focal point for a brewpub, is very hit or miss. I've had one or two Bandwagon beers that I've liked, but most are just bleh.
It's a fun atmosphere for a casual dinner, but the prices are too high to appreciate it as a "dive." The menu is ever-changing and sounds great when you read it, but the culinary sophistication suggested by the menu is lacking in the actual food.
Was not pleased with the service AT ALL. After sitting at the bar it took 7 minutes for the bartender to stop having social hour and acknowledge us. After that it was 25 minutes from the time that we sat down until we got our first beers. The place wasn't overly busy either. No excuse for this! Â The beers were good however, only saving grace from 1 star.
Review Source:I love this place with the fiery passion of a million dying virgins... okay maybe a little too far there... but I really like the Bandwagon. I have lived in Ithaca for about a year now and the Bandwagon has become my favorite local place to hang out, grab a drink and eat some very good (and often creative) food.
The bandwagon is a basement brew pub, which if I was trying to describe my idea of heaven to someone may be the first words I use. The atmosphere is great and there are plenty of tables for people to sit at and have a meal. There are also lots of nooks and crannies where you and your friends can sit and have a drink.
The food is consistently excellent. They are always tweaking the menu and trying new things, often very creative things. Most of these ideas work very well too (like the cornbread waffles with Andouille chili). Occasionally you'll get a meal that you're not too happy with if you insist on trying everything, which I do (beware the spicy fettuccine; it will turn your stomach into a pit of lava). Fortunately those meals are few and far between and honestly the fact that they are willing to try new things, even if they aren't always great, makes me like them even more. The same can be said about their beer, some if it is great and some of it is just okay, but they really do try some creative combinations (like raspberry jalapeno) and I really appreciate the creative effort.
As usual I have to address the fact that not everybody is going to feel the same way about this magical place that I do. If you do like open spaces and natural light don't go here... it's a basement (I may have mentioned that). The food is great, but it's also pub food, so if you're looking for really refined food bandwagon might not be the place for you (if you're looking for simple creative food on the other hand...). The service can be a little slow (although very friendly), so don't go if you're in a rush. The Bandwagon is also a little meat-o-centric, so vegetarians beware. There are vegetarian snacks and appetizers that are brilliant, but the full meals just don't match up to the ones that include meat (if you're a pescatrian GET THE CATFISH!).
The Bandwagon is the first place that I suggest to people when they ask "what's good in Ithaca" and nobody I've sent there has had a bad word to say about it. So try it, see if you like it (I bet you will).
Go for the drinks, not the food! Â
Bandwagon offers a really solid selection of beers, wine and liquor. And I appreciate that it has a more welcoming environment than Ale House for a 30s and 40s crowd. Â The only problem is the food is pretty subpar. Out of the four times I've eaten there, I've been sick to my stomach twice. Â My advice is to just stick to the fries!
Good selection of beers updated daily, depending on what kegs they have on their 24 taps. I had the flight of the beers that they brew. The Raspberry Jalapeño  was pretty good. The taster is a good amount, not sure I would want a full pint.
The food choices were interesting and a good mix. I had the roast duck with a cherry port sauce. The duck and the garlic potatoes were both excellent.
It losses a star for being very loud, being in the basement, they badly need some sound absorbing wall or ceiling stuff. It was nearly impossible to hold a conversation across the table.
Bandwagon is hands-down my favorite restaurant in Ithaca, and the one where we usually take out-of-towners if we don't want to get super fancy. It is moderately priced, has a cool stone-basement sort of atmosphere, they do their specialties well and mix in a few seasonal dishes, and they have a very decent menu as well.
My husband brews his own beer and while he said that Bandwagon's own beers were a little hit or miss, he usually sticks to the other flights being offered. I'm not a huge beer drinker, but the featured cocktails and wine I've ordered have always been good. The service is consistently above par and as someone who drinks water like there is no tomorrow, it's really nice that my glass is always refilled before I can even finish it. I also applaud them for trying their best to accommodate the groups of students who come in and expect to be able to add more and more seats to a table as their friends show up late. Come on, this isn't Applebee's--make a reservation if you think you are going to have a large group.
Bandwagon's food is delicious--I've never ordered a meal that I didn't like--and they try to locally source as much of their food as they can (especially the meat). One of their signature dishes is the shrimp, andouille, spinach, and cherry tomatoes in a red pepper and cream sauce over cornmeal waffles. Definitely try this! It's really rich and I've never actually seen anyone finish the whole thing (hmmm future Man vs. Food challenge?) but it is a real treat. Their housemade pecan, bean and barley burger is also amazing, either traditionally in a bun or over one of their salads. I was brave and tried the habanero fettucine once--just so that I could say that I did--and will never do it again. If spicy food is your thing and you want to heed the disclaimer on the menu, then by all means have at it. But as a fellow lover of spicy foods, I found it strangely spicy and bland at the same time--maybe it was SO spicy that it completely wiped out any of the other flavors--and I had to drink a Cayuga Lake's-worth of water to even finish half of it.
Came in here as a grumpy bunch after a morning of things not going our way. Despite being (once again) disappointed that their kitchen wouldn't be open for another three hours, the bartender was super friendly and nice and made sure we were well fed with chex mix while we tried some beers. Favorites: Â Their Scotch Ale and 3 Heads's Smoked Maple Amber. Â
Bottom line: We were super happy another hour or so later. It seems that everyone who works there is just genuinely super nice, which is kind of a rare thing. We will definitely be returning for food.
I can't rate it higher than this because of my very odd experience with a certain notorious pasta. But I'll get to that.
So I tried Bandwagon beers for the first time at AppleFest. The raspberry jalapeño beer was great, but the oatmeal stout was AMAZING. Off to a good start.
Took my boyfriend here for his birthday, since he'd been once before and raved about the fish & chips. We were both hugely impressed with the pecan/barley veggie burger, which had aioli and green curry paste that brought it to another level. The fries with it were also incredible (I'm picky about fries).
Here's where it gets weird. There's a pasta on the menu that comes with a disclaimer because it's spicy. It has habanero, banana, pineapple, etc. Sounds weird right?
...CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
Except...oh my gosh, it was terrifying. It was spicy, sure, but also just the weirdest flavors ever and not in a good way. We both pretended to like it for a few bites, then I totally gave up. He kept at it for a few more minutes and then also gave up.
This is one of the first legitimately bad dishes I've ever had. And they warned us on the menu, so it's our own fault. But really, it threw off my entire night and I wouldn't recommend it. Everything else was good but don't get the fruity pasta.
3.5 stars. The food is creative and innovative in concept, but sometimes it just doesn't hit the mark in terms of execution. The hand cut fries with catsup, malt vinegar aioli & curry mayonnaise ($5.50) were pretty good. The shrimp, andouille, spinach, & cherry tomatoes in red pepper-chili sauce over cornmeal waffle ($17) is one of their most popular items, but I didn't think it was amazing, it was just alright. Service was decent. Decor is nothing special, it'd be great for a casual lunch or dinner with a group. I might come back in a couple years after they've worked out the kinks with their food.
Review Source:Happy hour is shockingly from 10pm -1am, which is great. Finally a happy hour for the night owls! Discounts on all home brewed pints and well drinks.
They brew some decent beers here, but they also brew some pretty terrible ones. I really like the north by northwest, but my favorite is the Strawberry Jalapeno. This beer is not smokey like your traditional chipotle/spicy porters, its a bit lighter, crisper, and dare I say spicier. While its not that spicy, a spicy drink can really get you compared to spicy food, as it tingles a bit down the throat. This beer is not for the faint of heart, and its quite unusual, most people either love it or hate it. Unfortunately, usually I have to settle for the raspberry jalapeno beer, which is not as good, as I have not seen them serve the strawberry one since the first time I tried it.
As for the food, the focaccia bread I had here was raw in the center (gross!), but I love their fries which come with 3 different types of dipping sauce, of which my favorite is the curry aoli. The fries are a bit soggy though, but for some reason this doesn't really bother me. My favorite food item here is their buffalo chicken tenders.
Amazing beers, always changing. Try the flight and then find your favorite.
The food is amazing, it is well prepared and always has something interesting. If you like spicy try the pasta. Or the chicken and waffles is always great. I've tried almost everything on the menu and it has always been delicious and it seems like they care about their food and menu.
Go for the amazing beer, stay for the great food.
Bandwagon has a unique flavor that I haven't seen elsewhere. Â Whoever runs the place is crazy. Â As consequence, the menu is never the same, the beer all over the place, and you will never have the same experience twice. Â In a small town, I love going here repeatedly just for that.
That being said, I'd definitely say about 60% of the experiments are incredible. Â For the lady's tastes in beer they have a roving selection of cheery, raspberry, and chocolate beers. Â For the more traditional, they have a selection of hoppy to scottish to wheat beers. Â They have a particular kind of lighter taste to their beers that put me off for a little bit (I'm partial to stouts). Â But, I have found that it works very well with most of their experiments. Â In a flight of their on tap beer, you'll find 2 that are okay, 1 that you hate and trade to someone else, and 2 that you love and could never have imagined existed.
Oh, and when they say spicy - they mean spice that will prevent you from finishing the dish until the morning after. Â Which, of course you will do as soon as you can, because it is that good. (pineapple pasta)
Ah, and for the non-beer people, their mixed drinks, while pricey, are very good.
The food can be described in much the same way.
We went with a large group for 10p-1a happy hour on a Friday night and got what we wanted: beers for not a lot of money. Â The raspberry jalapeno beer was an interesting novelty and the cellar atmosphere was fun but
not too crowded. Â Though we didn't try any food I will definitely be back.
Yikes!! Â When I am in a new town, I always like to check out some of the local brews. Â So I stopped at Bandwagon and ordered a flight of their house beer. Â It tasted like bad home brew made with extract. Â The most palatable was the rye IPA, but that was still only mediocre at best. Â I would definitely steer clear of their beers.
To be fair though, they had lots of other quality beers (and beer flights) available and I enjoyed the atmosphere. Â If I were in Ithaca again, I would stop in for something other than their brews.
Love it! Â If you are a beer-drinker, you will too. Get a flight of the in-house brews. Â (They brew about 20 gallons at a time, of 5 beers, and when they run out, change it for a new recipe.)
This place writes a new menu daily, as their pantry changes with seasonal availability from local farms.
With them changing the menu so often, the chefs have to get very creative from time to time. Â This results in occasionally, poorly constructed dishes.
Ask the service staff, they'll tell you which dishes are really shining that day.
Different aspects to comment on:
The food is quite good. Reasonably priced, reasonably local, and reasonable variety.
The service is quite good
The beer is a mixed bag. The guest taps from other breweries are interesting and you can try them as part of a sampler. The beers they make in-house are pretty blah.
The surroundings are dark and comfortable, being in a basement of course, but beware of rainy days. Being in a basement with exposed rock walls tends to make the the place smell kind of funky. 2 our of three times I have visited it was raining and the aroma was musty and public pool like (I think they need to coat the brick walls i some clear coat to keep the moisture at bay, just a thought).
Worth a visit if you are in Ithaca (along with the chapter house and Ithaca brewing if you are in town to try beer).
I just moved away from Ithaca, and Bandwagon ranks in the top three things I miss (after my best friend and Wegmans). I love this place and miss it constantly; it will be among my first stops next time I visit.
In the short few months since Bandwagon opened, I went probably over a dozen times in a number of contexts - big groups (10 people), small groups (3 people), multi-course meals, just drinks, with new friends, with old friends, with family... It became my go-to place any time I had an excuse to go anywhere.
My favorite aspect of Bandwagon is their microbrews, and the fact that you can get a flight for like $8. I've yet to try one of their beers that I didn't like enough to finish, and I've had several that I LOVE and can't wait for them to bottle so I can take them home to Boston - raspberry jalapeno, strawberry cream ale, nearly every stout... Plus, if you're not an adventurous type, they have a decent selection of other beer on tap and in bottles, plus liquor.
As far as food goes, truly everything I tried was fantastic. My favorites have included the beet salad (listing a salad as a favorite seems ridiculous, but it's true), the boneless Buffalo tenders, the potato & cheddar wantons, the burger, the fish & chips, the fettuccini with chicken & shrimp & bacon (which I asked for without the shrimp, which was no problem)... There seem to be lots of options for both omnivores and vegetarians (and probably vegans, though I haven't looked hard), plus they've seemed pretty accommodating.
The service has been consistent and great. They keep the water full, notice when you've finished your beer, offer suggestions for food and drink. They seem very experienced and knowledgeable, but not in that pretentious way that some seasoned servers have.
The only negatives are that the space is dark (it's in the basement, so that's kind of a given, but the lights are kept dim) and can be loud due to the stone flooring and walls. This isn't bad enough to detract a star, though.
Overall - great food, great beer, great service. I can't wait to go back.
After two visits, I have to say one of the better places in Ithaca. First time got the hangar steak which was delicious, and got the half-pound burger the second time which was very good, albeit slightly undercooked. Service is good, but the place is small, so ideal for groups of 5 or under.
Definitely a place worth coming back to.
This lower level basement restaurant is the future of fabulous casual cuisine in I-town.
My last week in Ithaca, December 2009, I went to Bandwagon three times the week after they opened, the Burgers and Fries are amazing.
Great selection of bottled beers and whiskey and very interesting homemade brews fermenting in the kitchen.
Go see for yourself, its just downtown, several paces from the corner of Cayuga and State.
I've only eaten here once so far, but they nailed it - it was awesome. Â I ate there with three other people, and I think that the fact that we all practically licked each and every plate clean (apps, entrees, and desserts!) is definitely saying something. Â I had actually been reluctant to go - not being a fan of basements and I was thinking that it was much smaller than it is. Â They really did a nice job with that space though - it felt much roomier and welcoming than it ever did as B&J's (or any of the other random short-lived businesses that have been housed there). Â Now I feel like I've been missing out!
I had some cheesy potato wontons that were fried and yummy, and an awesome plate of shortribs with asparagus and killer mashed potatoes. Â I meant to only eat half of it and save the rest for lunch, but I devoured the entire entree without ever seriously entertaining a to-go box. Â The ribs were perfectly seasoned, tender, and flavorful. Â I could eat that meal for dinner every night.
And dessert! Â I had a perfect flourless chocolate cake - always kind of a crapshoot in my book. Â They're so often too dense, too dry, or just way too sweet. Â Not the case here - it was delicious and its texture was perfect. Â These guys have come a long way from microwaving souffles at the LDC.
I can't personally speak to the beer as beer isn't my thing - but my dining companions really (*really*) enjoyed the Russian Imperial Stout - which (I could be wrong about this) might have a pretty high alcohol content! Â Either way, they loved it.
Great meal and great people. Â Glad things are working out for them.
Generally a really fun place to go, although I've only eaten there once. I got a pasta and squash salad, pasta was over cooked and it seemed odd to me to serve summer squash in the middle of December (I assumed that it would be butternut or something similar). My husband really enjoyed what he had which was some sort of pub grub.
MY humble suggestion for this place would be to stop bothering with being a full restaurant and just serve pub food type appetisers throughout the evening along with their already expansive beer selection.
None of their home brews are really special, but I like going there to drink beers and goof off with friends.
I liked this place. Â First we got a bowl of the butternut squash and pear soup--delicious. Â But I'm generally a fan of those sorts of soup. Â I've never seen that combo before though. Â The thing I really liked is that there were veggies on the menu, not just fried potatoes, cheese, and meat. Â We got the brussels sprouts and they were good too. Â I'm not usually one for super salty dishes (this one has garlic and sea salt mixed in with the brussels sprouts) but since the salt was a showcased flavor, I think this worked.
Next, I got the chicken with grilled onions and peppers and polenta and my husband got the shrimp and andouille sausage with an awesome creamy spicy sauce...I forget the exact names of the entrees. Â Both were excellent. Â The chicken was (thankfully) not over cooked, it was moist and super tender. Â The sauce the shrimp and sausage dish came in was incredible.
Since the meal was working out, we decided to get a dessert to share too. Â We tried the pineapple and blueberry crunchy cake (I forget what it was called too) and it was super tasty also. Â Delightful, in fact.
And then there's the beer. Â We each got a pint of their own brewed beer: a jalapeno raspberry and a chocolate cherry porter. Â We both liked them. Â The jalapeno raspberry one had a strong jalapeno flavor which I felt made it unique--I haven't had many chili sort of beers and the chocolate cherry porter was nicely balanced in flavor.
The staff were attentive and timely too. Â Overall, a great experience.
Overall, Bandwagon Brew Pub is a disappointment and tries to be extraordinary without doing the basics well.
I was very excited that a brew pub opened in Ithaca. Its the only style of restaurant I felt was missing from the local dining scene. I made it there for dinner on 12-Jan-10. I sampled all the beers they brewed and I was thoroughly disappointed. The raspberry jalapeno has an overwhelming smell of peppers in the nose but the body is lean with little taste of raspberry. It finishes quite acidic and unpleasant. The color is light caramel and the head dissipates quickly. The black pepper porter has very subtle hints of black pepper in the nose but is missing from the watery body. The chocolate cherry porter has a calm nose and acidic aftertaste. There is no real taste of chocolate or cherry to speak of. The mouthfeel is awkwardly thin and unsatisfying. A lingering taste of soap and metal permeates the tongue during contemplation. The Russian Imperial stout is as much an Imperial Stout as I am a body builder. I have never had an imperial stout this flat in every dimension. The body was thin as the thinnest stout I had. The flavor was had no other flavor than roasted malt. A real imperial stout has insane amounts of complexity in the flavor that ranges from coffee to toffee to caramel to brulee to vanilla and has a very creamy texture. This one totally misses that essence and should be called a stout at best. If you did a blind taste with the Russian Imperial Stout and Black Pepper stout, you might not tell the difference, which is a shame. It was as authentic a Russian Imperial Stout as a Rolex on Canal St. The only beer I might try again would be the strawberry cream ale. It had a good sweetness in the body that came on early and late and became subdued in the middle. the body was like a rusty, dark colored hefeweizen that was opaque. I would like to see this in the context of a lighter beer like a filtered wheat or pilsner style. It would be a refreshing summer time beer like the strawberry wheat from Lancaster Brewing Company used to make. The consistent trend I noticed with the beers is that they were all heavily roasted or cloudy beers. I feel this hides imperfections in the brewing process that cannot be hidden in an IPA or other less opaque beers. The point is, I feel they tried to be too complex without mastering the basic points of each style. I see this all the time in the food and beverage business. I think if they tried to refine their recipes to be a simple porter, stout etc, they might make a tastier beer than trying to make something that should be reserved for more advanced brewers. Thankfully they have other beer on draft and bottles. The prices are somewhat reasonable so I was happy to try a really good Southern Tier Java on draft. Southern Tier makes some fantastic beer and I was more than happy to be reminded of it while I was at Bandwagon.
The food was average. I had the focaccia and grilled pork tenderloin. The focaccia was airy and crispy but undercooked in the area underneath the tomato and cheese. This happens a lot when making thick crusted breads. I think its best to precook the bread for a few minutes before adding the toppings on thick crusted breads. to avoid undercooked regions. The two pieces I got were cut at inconsistent angles. I know this is a subtle issue that doesn't affect flavor but it shouldn't be too hard to cut consistent slices of focaccia. I see it as a sign of inexperience. I thought it was tasty and edible but it could have been much better. I expected a lot from the pork tenderloin because it took about 45 minutes to prepare. When the plate finally came, it looked like cafeteria food and wasn't much better. The tenderloin was unevenly cooked and the tip end was a noticeably drier than the rest of the portion. The tenderloin was completely unseasoned and bland. There is no excuse for not adding salt and pepper! The sauce was a bit heavy on the mustard but helped with the flavor of the tenderloin. Tenderloin typically cooks quickly when grilled. It should not take 45 minutes to grill a tenderloin. Any time longer dries out this cut. The mashed sweet potatoes would have been better if it weren't for the large chunks of undercooked potato. The poblano pepper and corn side dish was really good though. I could have eaten a full serving of it, and, in retrospect, I wish I would have.
The servers were really nice and friendly. I spoke to three of them and they all made me feel welcome and appreciated. The one male server and I discussed beer for about 10 minutes. They are an asset.
The interior reminded me of basement bars in old buildings that I used to visit in Lancaster, PA. The exposed rock walls helped with this atmosphere. I appreciate the copper bar because its hard and expensive to work with in terms of a service area.
I hope Bandwagon works on these problems in the near future to make me a fan.
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