Midway On High

Saturday April 27th I was at the Midway on High Street bar and couldn't believe how rude the one bar attendant was to me. We didn't speak a word to each other but I would have liked to so I could have ordered some food and beer! I arrived at the bar sometime around 4:30 and ordered a Budweiser in a bottle. The woman at the bar said she would have to go to the storeroom or somewhere to get it so I told her a draft would be OK. I took it outside and sat on a bench with a table and drank it. About fifteen minutes later I went inside and got another one. Different woman at the bar this time. Both women were polite and nice so I tipped both of them 50 cents for my $1.50 beers.

Probably around 4:55 or 5 p.m. I got hungry after smelling some food that some other patrons were eating so I was going to ask for a menu and another beer next time one of the women came by. Well, at about 6:20 pm after I had waited for almost an hour and a half for one of the women to stop at my table, which they hadn't yet, I got up and left! One of the nice women who I had ordered one of my beers inside from came outside to wait on people just once or twice while I was still drinking my second beer. My cup was probably still about half full so it didn't surprise me that she didn't stop by my table. But by 5 o'clock I had only an ounce or two of beer left in the one cup, and my other empty cup was sitting right beside it very visible to the new woman who came out at least 10 or 15 times during that hour and a half and did not make eye contact with me even one time even though she was within one or two feet of my table many, many times. The last hour and 15 minutes or so that I was sitting there both of my cups were completely empty but she walked right by me every time. I was wearing decent, clean clothes that were in good shape. I was well-groomed. One guess I can come up with for her behavior is that I am 55 years old and bald (most people guess that I am around 45), and I didn't see a single other customer that looked like they were over 22. My other guess is that even though I wasn't using any chairs since I was sitting on the bench, I was using up a table all by myself. Maybe they wanted that table which would have accommodated a party of four. All of the tables were being used I believe. I remember the inside being real empty though the last time I was inside which was to buy my second beer. That could have changed but I doubt it because everyone wanted to be outside since it was perfect weather. The two taller women inside the bar were very nice to me. The shorter one that always came outside wouldn't even look at me. I promise I didn't do or say anything to anyone that would cause that type of treatment. As a matter of fact, the only talking I did to any customer was to ask one of the guys at the next table to save my table for me while I went inside to get my second beer, and a little later I asked two guys what type of drink that was that they had that had an orange slice hanging on the side of their glass. That isn't very much talking for being there from 4:30 to 6:20. And they were my first and only beers of the day so I was not even close to being intoxicated.

I of course won't ever go back there. And I am also going to be asking a lot of people what their guess is as to what was going on.

It's not Bento but It wasn't bad during the day. I'd stop by again for day drinking. Night time though..... hrmm Not my kinda of scene anymore.

I know this place has gotten a lot of bad hype, but my girlfriend and I ate there before the OAR concert and had a great experience. We had a courteous, attentive server from Wisconsin (Laura?) who made sure we were situated right away. The food and drink recommendations were excellent.  We will definitely eat there again, if not just for happy hour.