Centerfield Sports Bar & Grill

Descent food with ok prices and a nice location. Service seems to vary by server.

I am sad to write this. A few nights ago my wife and I went to Centerfield. Her food came out late, but other than that the services was indifferent - which is generally how I like it. He did not bug us, but he got us everything we needed. I got a couple beers, we got an appetizer and a couple of meals. They were pretty good, so with our kid out of town, we decided to go again last night. Now one more detail you should know is that our first meal was $35 and I tipped $9. That seems fair, right?

So last night it was pretty busy. I served tables for years and understand being busy. It looked like we were going to get the same server. Then he walked by. Then walked by again. And again and again. He made eye contact, I tried to say something and he quickly darted by. I sat there with my wife for 20 minutes without a menu or so much as a "hello, I'll be with you in a minute." Now, I can tolerate a lot of things, but this was rude. I feel disrespected. I tried to call the manager at 1PM today but he was too busy to take my call. I understand they might be busy, but it is not my job to work around their schedule at this point.

I just want to add this. We were planning on a fun night out without the kid. Instead, we went to freaking Applebees. Do you know what sat next to us? A CRYING BABY!

I even had made plans with a buddy for happy hour at Centerfield next week. Oh well. If I want to be treated rudely while I drink beer and hear a kid screaming, I can just stay home!

I am bewildered at all the raves this place has been getting. It's a sports bar, why would I expect to find good food here if everyone has so much good things to say about it?

Honestly, we gave this place 3 tries and every single time, somebody manages to mess up the order.

The 1st time: we ordered to go the fries that came with bacon, cheese and the whole deal. I mean, how do you mess that up? How about serving cold, soggy burnt fries with a scoop of melted can cheese in a box after taking 20 mins to heat them up in a microwave. What happened to the bacon and all the other toppings that we paid for? Did you just "forget" or are we going to rack this up as a new-joint mistake and let it pass? Silly us, why would we expect to get what we ordered.  

2nd time: Chicken nachos and Pizza. While the bbq chicken pizza was too sweet, that wasn't the most unappealing part. It takes us less than 2 minutes to get home, so as soon as we open the togo box, why am I surprised to bite into a soggy chip and cold chicken? Let's just say we should have put that horse out of its misery then and there.

There is no going back this time guys. Because the 3rd time is definitely a charm. Maybe we screwed up the last two times by taking the food out of the restaurant and that's why there was no sparkle like everyone else who boast about eating there. Alright, let's order a burger with no onions to put any doubts behind us. The burger was bland and guess what?! Loaded with onions.

Next time we even think about giving this place another try, we're just going to make a stop at Guns & Gals first to buy a gun to shoot ourselves in the head, it would save us the shame of being a fool again.