Front Door Tavern

Excellent Pittsburgh sandwiches (they are served on a sub bun, so it's different!) and wings. They have a great beer selection. Since I try to make a monthly trip here, the waiter remembered what I usually order to drink. I like that. Unfortunately, they continue to have the same special every Saturday. They might want to change it up a little once in a while. I recommend this place, but don't go near there if there is a polo game being held that night in nearby Darlington. You have been warned.

This review is based off my third visit here. So, I will review overall and per visit.

Overall:  Great beer selection.  Good bar munchies.  I would "drink and dine" here for the full menu given the reasons below B1stUT I would stop here for a nice beer or two.  People are super nice, not pretentious.

1st Visit:  Greeted by a friendly male bartender.  Good beer selection, let me sample before commiting.  Got an app because "I just ordered a chicken sandwich" (so, I was not warned by the bartender about the serving sizes).  The fried pickles were spears which did not satisfy my craving for fried pickle chips, but I finished two spears (of 5) because as I was working through my pickles, the chicken sandwich arrived on a hugh-ass bun.  It wasn't anything fancy, which I wanted.  Way too much bun for the chicken and it kind of overwhelmed the chicken.  Either make the chicken the size of the bun, or downsize the bun.  It just didn't feel right.

2nd Visit:  Good wings.

3rd Visit:  The bartender working was different from the other two visits, she didn't bother to greet me or even ask me to wait until she was done with other customers, she simply ignored me.  NOT COOL.  The OWNER who was PAINTING had to come over to wait on me.  He was too busy for that stuff.  Regardless, he got me a good beer and took my order.  I got these spicey mozzarella sticks which were awesome.  They came with marinara which worked pretty well with the spice for some reason.  I ate them all.  I ordered a cheeseburger.  Again with the bun.  Only this time, it wasn;t a round bun but half of a hoagie bun.  I ended up tearing half of the bread off because I was annoyed by it.  The meat was decent, but still entirely too distracting by the bun.  The owner eventually left and my beer went empty before the bartender (the one that didn't greet from the onset of my visit) asked if I wanted anything else. Really disappointed by this third bartender.  Really disappointed by their bread.