Bushy's

Bushy's is ok, nothing special but a good place to grab some lunch when out running about. I've had their greek salad before and it was good, their chicken parm sandwich is fairly standard and decent.

This last visit I ordered the chicken Italian salad (calabas salad maybe?) It was ok, again nothing terribly special. The chicken was well seasoned and hot, it melted the mozzarella  cheese on the salad a bit which was fine with me. The lettuce though was a little wet from being washed. I would have preferred if the peppercinis had been cut up instead of whole, the kalamata olives were nice and salty though.

Food is below average, but is typical bar food.

I would prefer them to say they are more a bar and less a food joint, but they try and play both.

Love the music tho.

"And I know it's coming down, so I'm headed out of town. Because I'm quick like that,
never coming back."

Thank you to The Brian Jonestown Massacre for explaining my position on Bushy's
I used to really like Bushy's. Back in my days working for the telephone company, this was the spot the guys would meet up for beers after work. We liked the food and the place always seemed busy, which we liked. We stopped going after a while because of their tough guy bouncers and their tendency to start trouble when they didn't find any. You might remember a story on the news about this. For all I know this has been resolved, but it's a memory that sticks.

It had been years since I'd been here, and remembering their awesome Reuben, my folks and I decided it was time for another visit.  No aggro bouncers on a Tuesday made for a good start. We ordered our meals and an appetizer all at once, along with soft drinks. Our dinner arrived and our waitress seemed puzzled at our puzzled faces (This is scientifically known as puzzled squared.). What happened to them tato skins? Lost in space, I suppose. No explanation offered.  To be fair, she seemed like she might have been new, but she violated Pops K's #1 rule by having to be flagged down for drink refills. Repeatedly. After waiting an inordinate amount of time for our bill (which included something like 12 bucks for 5 sodas. No free refills on soda here folks. You might want to bring the American Express Centurion card if you're thirsty.), we couldn't wait to not come back for several years.