KC's Alley

Good beer selection. Good bar food. Great location.

This review is based entirely on one visit during an open mic comedy night hosted by Ambler Music (please see their yelp profile for a separate review).  I will admit that I am totally crushing on this awesome town known as Ambler and all it has to offer.  

The location is great and very easy to find.  

The decor is entertaining and eye catching without being annoying, flashy or obnoxious.  The place is clean, too and maintained very well.  

Service was decent -- a tad slow, but the place had drawn a pretty decent size crowd at 10 pm on a Wednesday night.  Perhaps decent size crowd isn't an accurate description -- the place was full.  

Because we were there so late, the only food available was anything made in the fryer.  That was fine and it was all very yummy.  I'm not a huge beer drinker -- mainly because of a gluten intolerance -- but the wine was good.  

Based on this experience, I'll go back.  I can hardly wait to see what KC's is like during a non-comedy or non-event night.

I stopped in for lunch this week.  I had a decent time but there are a few things that need a little work.  Let's call it attention to detail.  

So the sign on the sidewalk said 14 beers on draft.  Once I sat at the bar I noticed that the inside sign had a few of the beer choices missing.  So, silly me, I asked the bartender for a beer list.  He looked around for a while and eventually told me he couldn't find it.  Not them, it.  Apparently there was only one list.  Hmmmm.

I did enjoy two IPAs.  (Ram's Head & Evolution Lot #3)  They were $7 and $7.50.  That's high.  Lots of competitors have lower prices.  The managers should check that out.

While I was sipping my first beer I was somewhat annoyed by the assault on my ears.  Like most places these folks have both music and TVs.  Both were turned up full blast.  It was just a cacophony of sound.  I watched some other patrons ask their server to fix it.  They seemed clueless.  Once again; it's attention to detail.

While I was perusing the menu I was pleased to see a $6.00 Tuesday special menu.  I ordered the Classic Bacon Cheeseburger for that price.  It would normally have been $9.  My meal arrived quickly and my burger was exceptional.  It was juicy and flavorful and cooked just as I ordered.  The fries were perfect.  I would have elevated this simple meal to amazing except the bun was served cold.  That's a shame.  I hope it was a mistake.  A patron sitting next to me made the same comment about his burger so I'm not the only one.  It could be attention to detail once again.

Despite my criticisms, I had two delicious beers and a very good burger.  I'll be back to check them out again.  I hope they're listening.