Cagney's Restaurant & Pub

Well well well.

   After thinking Mark had gone all Alba on us, we gave the place a looong break, and lo and behold, a new menu !

   A side salad is now one of the allowable sides, and since i do not like french fries, this is a delightful development.  more importantly, it was the funky greens  I so enjoy.

   My crispy chicken sandwich was chock full of bacon, and so much chicken I did not even finish it.  This also is a much welcomed turn of events as the last few times I would suggest coming here, Grandma would say she would still be hungry when we left.

   The beer selection is still quite good, most notably ( I say again ) including SeaDog Blueberry with fresh ( sweet ! ) blueberries.

   And Carole, one of the few who has made me for the Yelper I am, despite my attempts at stealth, was right on the ball.  She recommended the new "pretzel roll", and it was indeed very good.

   So bravo Cagneys.  Lost your way for a while I think we took you off the rotation.

It took over an hour to get our appetizers alone. There was only one waitress on our side of the pub, rarely saw her...did I mention that it took over an hour to get our appetizers?? Yup.....

I REALLY want to give this place 4 or 5 stars.  But I just can't.

I should preface this by saying I have been watching a lot of Restaurant Stakeout and Bar Rescue lately.....

My boyfriend and I ended up here for trivia night a little while back, and were very impressed by the place at first glance. Well lit, but not obnoxiously so. Very clean and looked redone. The bar is split into two rooms, and each has a very distinct vibe. We sat down, ordered (very reasonably priced) drinks, and got them quickly. We ordered appetizers, and waited (not exaggerating) over 20 minutes for them, with no check-in from the waitstaff in between.  To their credit, our entrees did come out in a timely manner.

Trivia was fun, I'll give them that. And the food was okay. But that service really stuck in my brain.

So, we decided to go last night and give it another try. Half price off food on Mondays! Same greeting as before. quickly got our first round of drinks. Then, when putting in the appetizer order, we were told that the kitchen was out of bread bowls, shredded cheese, and french fries. Whoa.  We placed our app order, and again, over 20 minutes go by and we do  not receive it. Our server came over, once all of our glasses were completely empty (slurping  noises and all), and told us another woman would run our food right out. 5 minutes go by, and no such luck. I asked the other woman about this, and she had no idea what we were talking about. Our food came out warm-ish about 5 minutes later. Again, the entrees (sans fries and cheese) came out about 5 minutes later and tasted fine.

This place has the potential to be awesome, but the staff needs to recognize that and embody it too.

So close, Cagney's. So, so close.