Crawford's Pub

Gross. Gross. Gross.
Stopped at this place on the way back from a work meeting in Chitown. I ordered wings and a burger. Two of the safest items ever. The wings were Ponderosa Buffet style drizzled in hot sauce. The burger that I ordered Med/Well was burnt/dry and gross. The "fresh cut" fries were not fresh cut fries as advertised. Oh, these items were also recommended by the hostess and waiter. I was pissed I spent an hour of my time at this place, I would have done better next door at McDonalds. ...I rarely eat fast food.

I ended up coming here for second lunch and some brews while hanging out in Michigan City.  FINALLY.  Here's the deal-

The good:  
1.  Great Lakes and Round Barn micro brew bottles for $3.50!  I think there was 4 of each.  Not bad, Crawford's, not bad.
2.  If you sit to the right of the bar, there are 4 huge projection screens for those of you who would rather watch TV than talk to your significant other.  SCORE!  
3.  SCOTCH EGGS!  And they are really good.  So is the horsey sauce that comes with it.  (And unrelated but still really good was their bleu cheese dressing.)
4.  Service was good even though our poor server also had the table from Hell across from us.  I was impressed.

The bad:
1.  The food is just OKAY.  I got the appetizer sampler and it had a delicious scotch egg, some wings (eh.), and thick-cut pub chips with melted shredded cheese and spicy brown gravy (was hoping for more of a poutine-ish dish but rather got potatoes with some melted cheese and coagulated gravy on the side.  Bah.)  The menu is also really small and very Irish fare heavy.  Cool if you're in to that kind of thing, but my husband had a hard time finding something he might like.  

The ugly:  
1.  The restaurant is in a hotel and therefore reeks of chlorine from the indoor pool.  You also have to use the lobby restroom because the restaurant doesn't have one of its own.  Not a major issue, but kind of annoying.