Dog Bar

One of my faves on this trip!

First timer.  Nice looking place. Dark, low ceilings. Very cool in here.  I'm def looking forward to coming back for bands.                      
Standard/lame menu.
    Ordered the veggie burger. It's homemade with avocados. Looks good. STONE COLD. I couldn't warm an ice cube on it.

+1 star for the nachos, which were nicely toasted and had plenty of toppings. Everything else gets ZERO stars. The freshest part of my meal was the red onion on my veggie burger. Everything else was wilted or had been frozen. But let me start at the beginning--drinks. Earlier that day, I had seen a good-looking wine list on their website. When the server asked us what we'd like to drink, I asked for the wine list. She said they didn't have one. The bartender, though, was able to tell me what they had. I ordered a malbec reserve, which tasted like it had been open for a week. Yuck. Should have complained, but didn't want to be a high-maintenance customer in this chill place. When it came time to order my meal, I was really excited about the toppings the menu listed for the veggie burger (avocado, cucumber, tahini). I asked the server what the veggie burger was made of and whether they made them in-house. She said they made them in-house but had to check on the ingredients. A solid 10 minutes later (we were the only customers there at 7pm on a Friday, by the way...red flag...) she returned and said "all we can say is the burgers definitely have corn and carrots in them." I should have realized this meant they did not make them on-premises and they really had no clue what they were made of. Stupidly, I ordered it anyway. The burger came with lettuce, tomato, and red onion. I had to ask here where the avocado/cucumber/tahini that were advertised on the menu were. She didn't even know that they were supposed to be there, and clearly the chef didn't either (or didn't care). She came back with some un-ripe avocado slices and a blob of brown muck that looked and tasted nothing like tahini sauce. She said they didn't have cucumber. Maybe they hadn't been shopping that week. The burger bun was at least a day old or had been sitting out all day uncovered. It was crusty in unpleasant ways. The fries that came with it were not homemade and had clearly been frozen. They were also extra greasy when you bit into them. Ick. My husband got the fish and chips and said it tasted OK but the fish had also been frozen. The restaurant is literally across the street from Gloucester Harbor. WHAT??

Beyond the wretched food, I have to say the service was pretty awful. The waitress was clueless about the menu & offerings, seemed overwhelmed by my basic questions, and never asked how my meal was (and didn't seem to think it was strange when I sent 80% of my meal back at the end). Also, the restaurant was dingy, furniture was stained and beaten-up, and the bathroom was dirty. Huge disappointment.