Emerson's Ale House

On a groupon, my brothers and I stopped by and had their 4 beer flight and burger deal. Needless to say, we were all satisfied!

Both their beer and burger selections are great!

A++++++ for the martinis.  From what I recall.  I may or may not have taken a "selfie" video of me walking out of Emerson's Ale House asking for Oberweiss Ice Cream (which is located right across the street, FYI).  

My husband and I were meeting another couple here on a Friday night.  They highly recommended this place, so we were happy to oblige :)  There was a 20 minute wait when we got there, so we went to the bar and ordered a drink.  That's where this place loses a star for me.  The bartender was efficient, but she had a snotty attitude the entire time we were there.  Like we were upsetting her by ordering drinks.  Strange.  So we settled up there and headed to our table.

They had purchased a Groupon for a beer flight and a burger for each of them, so that's what they ordered.  I ordered an Appletini (the beginning of my amateur video debut) and my husband got a beer flight.  I ended up ordering the fettucini alfredo, and my husband got the grilled cheese w/ fries.

The food came out somewhat quickly (and the appletini went down even faster!  NEXT!) but both burgers that our friends ordered were charred.  Like WELL WELL done, and they ordered medium.  They tried, but they were inedible, so they sent them back.  The waitress was really apologetic, though, so good for her.  My husband's grilled cheese was amazing (it WAS National Grilled Cheese Day, after all!) and his smart addition of jalapenos really added to the flavor.  

My alfredo was gooooood.  Not only was it good that day (after a couple of drinks) but it was good the next day, too (completely sober).  Sometimes alfredo can be hit or miss the next day, and doesn't reheat well (the oil separates and the noodles get dry and it's just a hot mess!) but NOT this alfredo.  It was delightful the next day as well.

So in addition to the yummy food, Emerson's also has standout drinks like Root Beer Beer.  Yes, you heard me right--I did NOT stutter!!  It's Beer that tastes like root beer and it is SUPER potent in its alcohol content, so be on your toes!!

I would definitely come back for the food and drinks.  Maybe not sit at the bar next time, though ;)  I wouldn't want to ruin that lady bartender's day!!

Great location, great idea, bad service bad food. I went there two times. The first time was the week they opened. The service was horrible, the atmosphere was fun and the pizza was amazing. We went there the second time last week. IF you want a fun place to go to and have a drink, don't go there...we had kids running around it I thought I was at Chucky Cheese! I wish I was, the pizza at Chucky's is better! I don't know what happened, but the pizza tasted like cardboard. The service was still the same...bad.