The Craftsman Bar and Kitchen

Went here with a group for happy hour and dinner. We ordered one of each of the sliders, tater tots, and one of the dips.

The sliders were all fairly greasy and the flavors just seemed bland and not very cohesive. The best slider was definitely the Classic, just an easy-to-master basic burger with pickles. The tater tots were fairly crispy and had a weird sort of lemon zest flavor that we couldn't quite figure out.

The dip was far from edible - it had marinated feta baked in and something about the marinade made the cheese taste rancid, like an unexpected, unwanted bleu cheese essence that left a bad taste in all of our mouths. The waiter claimed the chef tried it and said the flavor was "normal" though I'm not sure how any [honestly] normal diner would eat that. In a heavy baked dip like that, I would recommend just sticking with basic, quality feta. We were able to send back the dip and try the beets instead - good, but nothing memorable and such a TINY portion.

As far as drinks go, we ordered the lime/gin/mint cocktail from the happy hour selections - the drink was way too sweet for each of us. Another in our group ordered a scotch cocktail that was super strong. Unfortunately, no redeeming qualities from the bar to help offset the disappointing food.

Nothing worthy of a return visit here, which is really quite a shame given its prime real estate and potential

I dunno. I saw some of the reviews and wanted to like it, but service was unbelievably slow. And I made the mistake of sitting out on the patio where the doorman pretty much chain-smoked for the entire hour I sat there. And then the doorman was joined by some girl and they chatted and chain-smoked; and then some other dude came and, you know, they all chain-smoked some more. By the time I left I reeked of their cigs and was on the verge of throwing up. Felt sorry for this family with small kids sitting in the outdoor section of the restaurant next-door. They were directly in the line of smoke. Doorman didn't give a damn. Looked like he was daring someone to say something.

Went here for happy hour. $5 sliders and $5 well drinks. The sliders are really good, but the problem is that they're really small. They also only have 2 beers for happy hour prices ($3). The bar was dead. They do have giant connect four and shuffle board