The End of the Line Public House

This place only gets 2 stars for the beer selection, the awesome bartender in Imbibe, and duck pin bowling greatness.

We ate here during devour downtown and I've been simmering for a couple of weeks before I wrote a review.  I've been here several times and unfortunately, last time was my last.  A member of our party ordered a steak medium-rare for a $20 meal.  It was cooked well done.  He asked for another, and the rude-ass 60 something cook had the audacity to walk upstairs with his plateful of a failed 2nd attempt to cook a steak to ask our friend if it was 'to his liking'.   To keep the peace since we were with a large party, our friend said it was fine, but the steak was literally mooing and our friend had to box it up and take it home in order to 'nuke' it to perfect- which is something the as*&h*ole of a cook should have been able to do.  FAIL.

Seriously owners, get a handle on your wait and kitchen staff.  They leave everything to be desired, and unfortunately, this former fan of End of the Line won't be back again this year- there are too many other places to spend my hard earned money, like Cerulean and La Margarita.

On our mission to try every restaurant in Fountain Square (Revolucion and Peppy Grill, here I come!), we opted to give End of The Line Public House a whirl for First Friday. The Devour Downtown menu conveniently offered us a chance to sample a little this and that and share as a group. Here's the rundown:

-service was great
-plenty of local beer options
-highlight: pretzel breadsticks served with Harvarti dill and beer cheese dips (I liked how strong the beer flavor was in the dip - borderline drinkable)
-I was a bit disappointed by the Gooey Spinach Melt with house made spinach dip with melted white cheddar, bean sprouts, & diced tomato on dark rye bread. I opted for this in an effort to be borderline healthy but the bread was oozing with butter along with an overly-cheesed interior. Yes, the Queen of Queso just declared something overly cheesy.
-all in all, the "A-OK" rating seems to be the best way to describe the menu and food. Nothing was uber wrong, yet nothing was screaming "wow!"

Meh. The breadsticks are good, and of course a variety of beers is always a plus; however, there are so many other places I'd rather hang (such as through the door to Imbibe). The vibe is all wrong and the food just doesn't do a thing for me. This is coming from a guy who eats pizza rolls sandwiches made with Pringles and American cheese. The bathroom is odd. I always feel like someone will pop through the other door and surprise me.