Bruno's Tavern

Good food, I especially like the burgers. Staff is friendly, but sometimes it's crowded.

I live a couple of blocks from Bruno's. I'm not there every week but I go frequently enough. Tonight,around 8:00 PM, I went with a buddy to get some wings and what I hoped to be a couple of beers or more while we watched the NBA Finals. It was reasonably busy, but not packed. We sat at a table and had a twenty-something frat boy / ex-military type server  with an LSU cap waiting on us. He's f**cking horrible. It took him at least 5 to 10 minutes to get us our first beers. Sometime later we ordered a second round of beers and he never brought them. He must have forgotten while he was socializing with the bartenders who were also obviously too busy socializing or not giving a sh#t to be doing their jobs. Basically, he and the bartenders appeared to not want to be there at all.

After a while of waiting (10 to 15 minutes), I gave up on getting our second round of beers and flagged the server down for our check. He brought it promptly but we waited about 10 minutes while he stood at the bar and talked with the girls and then just randomly walked out of the room for a while. At one point, I think he and the bartenders had seen me looking over at them, probably with a crappy look (rightfully so) on my face, thinking they might see me and maybe remember to do their jobs. I am pretty sure they then made it a point to ignore us on purpose after that as I know they all saw me looking in their direction and I was visibly annoyed. After a long while, we walked up to the bar and got change so we could pay in cash.  We left enough cash to pay our tab with a $1 tip. He didn't even deserve that. He still had not come back into the bar from wherever it was he had made his exit to.

As someone who has worked in the service industry, I am always very nice to those who pour my drinks and bring me food... and I am usually an overly-generous tipper. However, this service at Bruno's tonight was inexcusable. I don't know that I will be back for quite a while. I'll walk to Cooter Brown's instead. Uptown places that hire college (aged) kids who think they're too good to do their jobs are starting to get old.

College bar and neighborhood and sports bar; something for everyone. Very popular. Quality grub and good wait staff. Excellent happy hour. Always something happining there.