Jersey's Great Food & Spirits

Jersey's is a great neighborhood bar for food and drink and atmosphere, but your experience will vary depending on which server you happen to get.  There is one really good server that is sweet and treats you like you are a guest in her own home, and then there's Krista who has been rude on several occasions, will provoke arguments with customers, and once told a customer "you don't have to be here."  Best to call ahead to see who is working..

The fiance & I came here for lunch on a Saturday (6/22) and had the best buffalo chicken sliders and steak sandwiches ever!  Ever ever ever!

We had our choice of eating in the non-bar side, the patio, or the bar side so we chose a booth in the bar with all the tvs and banners and jerseys hung all over the place.

We started off with a Roy Rogers and iced tea as well as the best tossed green salad that I've ever had.  I think it had arugula and some herbs in it.  I mean I just had it with ranch dressing but it definitely wasn't just a regular side salad.

My salad was followed by epicness.

We had a really nice server who gave us the run-down of what a typical sports night would be like.  It sounded pretty nuts.  We told her how much we loved our food and she hoped to see us back again soon.  

The parking situation seems like it could get nutty as well, meaning there's not a lot of it.  The prices on the menus were just as palatable as the food.

We will certainly be back.

On Tuesday June 18 we took advantage of the gorgeous weather and rode our bikes up the trail north. We were thinking, "hey let's get a beer somewhere that has outdoor seating". Then Jersey's came into view, we noticed they had outside seating and thought we'd give them a try. We walked in, approached the bartenders (there were 2) yet we were standing there for a few minutes. How many bartenders does it take to take a simple order, or at least make a simple  acknowledgement?

There was a bartender who was clearly not doing anything (dark short hair, wearing glasses) except chatting it up with a blonde sitting at the bar; he looked right at us then continued talking to her - idol chit chat. The other bartender was busy, and I just thought it odd that the non-busy bartender could at least say something like, "your bartender will be right with you" or some other simple acknowledgement.

Finally the busy bartender (also dark short hair, possibly of Hispanic heritage) came over and asked us what we wanted in a cordial manner, yet he seemed somewhat distracted. We ordered a pitcher a beer (it was $13 for a pitcher of Pacifico, save your money), then we informed him we wanted to sit outside. We then asked for a menu and inquired about getting service on the patio. He told us he would take care of us.

The non-busy bartender confirmed that  as well as we walked out to the patio. So we get out there, we're the only ones there, and  i thought, "gee, it would be nice to have some music on the patio". So we're sitting out there, sitting, waiting, drinking, for about 30-40 minutes, and not one bartender or server came out to take our order. So i guess i'm not sure if there is even waitstaff service at Jersey's?

We finish our pitcher and realize we aren't staying for anything else. We walk back inside to cash out our tab and the non-busy bartender again is just standing around and finally we say, "we want our tab" and again, he points to the busy bartender. Then there was a more formal looking bar manager type who also realized we wanted our tab but unfortunately confirmed the same thing, we could get that from the busy bartender.

Again, how many bartenders does it take? It was like watching a monkey hugging a football! When we did finally cash out, there was no acknowledgement, like he didn't remember us asking for a menu and possibly ordering some food. If we were supposed to come back inside and order from the bartender, we were not informed of that, so you need to train your people to inform your customers that's how it works there.

Oh, and is there a Happy Hour? Because if there is, there was no mention of it. If there isn't, that is very sad. We were very disappointed and won't be back  here ever again. We biked down the street to Darrell's, got some tacos, some beers and much better service. And just for the record, our tab at Darrell's which comprised of 6 tacos and 3 tall cans was just less that the price of one pitcher of beer at Jersey's.

Just sayin'...