Cobblestone's Restaurant & Sports Emporium

Cobblestones sucks...period.

Where the heck are the managers?  Who's running this place?

If I could give zero stars, I probably would.  As it is, Cobblestones gets one star for its beer selection.  That is really the only redeeming quality of this overrated hole in the wall.

We had one of the worst servers of all time.  Let me say that this wasn't entirely his fault.  He started our dining experience by telling us this was "his 4th night so take it easy on me".  ??  This was the Friday night before St. Patty's Day and you leave a 4 day server by himself?  Really Cobblestones?  We were a table of 8 and he also had another table of 8 behind us.  From their overheard conversations, their experience was just as bad as ours.  Long story short for them, they received 7 entrees and 1 person didn't get theirs.  About 1 hour later, this poor lady received her burger and several others in the party already had their jackets on.  Where was the manager during this??

It takes forever to get a beer when you are sitting at a table.  Forever.  If you have a table, you might be better off going to the bar and getting it yourself.  Bad part is the bar is a 1/2 mile away.

We ordered 4 appetizers for the table.  They were the fried pickles, calamari, crab dip on a pretzel, and spinach artichoke dip.  Another reviewer said the pickles were the only good thing about this place.  They might be right.  They were good but C'MON, they are pickles that are battered and deep-fried.  How can you screw that up?  The calamari were weird but they weren't terrible.  We wanted marinara sauce with them but they were out of it!!  You're kidding, right?  The crab dip was WAY too salty.  The spinach artichoke dip can be bought in the local grocery store freezer section.

We ordered our dinners sometime during this debacle.  At one point, the server brought 3 salads.  He said the entrees come with either soup or salad BUT we were all getting salads.  At no time did he ask us for this option.  That is terrible!  If I thought for one second that it wouldn't take 2 hours to get a soup, i would have sent the salad back.  Apparently, you can get some sort of rolls with your dinner as well for an extra charge but we were never given that option either.

The entrees arrived.  My wife ordered some Eggplant Tomato thing and i got the Guinness Short Ribs.  My wife said her dish tasted like balsamic vinegar and nothing else.  It was overdone and the cheese on top was gummy.  They screwed up the Short Ribs.  Someone teach the chef how to braise because he stinks at it.  The garlic mashed were good but mashed potatoes with garlic and butter are always good.  These were the worst Short Ribs I've ever had.  The server gave my wife fries with hers.  She didn't ask for them but they charged her an extra dollar!!

The beer selection was good but they were out of a few of them.  Of course, it took the server 15 minutes to find out this information so we started ordering drinks with an "alternate" just in case they didn't have something.  We usually got the alternate.

One of our party went to the bathroom.  On her way back to the table, she was accosted by one of the bouncers and asked for her ID.  C'mon you bloated idiot, you are a bouncer.  Pay attention to your surroundings and know what the eff you are doing.

One of our party arrived a little late.  She had already eaten so all she wanted was a Framboise and a water.  I don't believe she ever got the water.  The Framboise arrived 45 minutes later but not before the server said it was "tapped".  Hey D-bag, the Franboise is a bottle beer.

Cobblestones failed.  They threw a green server to the wolves.  That is all on them.  The food sucks, the atmosphere sucks, the beer selection is good.

We won't be back.

If not for the awesome, awesome tap list, this is not a place I would typically hang out.  The place is huge, impersonal, and lacking in atmosphere.  But our purpose in York was to try as many new beers as possible, so we added Cobblestone's to our list of places to visit.  We had some excellent beers, a few of which were limited release beers and not super easy to find.  Score!
They let you do samplers for beer - you pick any six beers off the tap list.  An excellent feature if you want to try a bunch of different things.  We also had a few appetizers (got to balance some food in with the beer, after all) - Sweet potato fries (tasty!), and a quesadilla (they never brought out the salsa or guacamole - sadface!).
Our first server sort of dropped off the face of the earth, but luckily another staff member noticed that we were being overlooked and came by our table several times to refill water, clear away plates, etc.
Like I said, we came for the beer.  We were satisfied by the beer.

Not a bad spot, but not great either.  Good wings and ok beer deals.  The three times I've been there, there wasn't much of a crowd for the games on.  The main TVs are projection and aren't that great with all the light pollution.  Seems like a lot of regulars... Just discovered they have bubble hockey in the corner... Awesome!  Extra points!