Who would have thought that a restaurant in Fargo has international connections! The fish used for the fish fry comes from Lake Victoria in Africa according to the manager. And it's outstanding. It's even a tad better than the fish at Hodo Lounge, and I went nuts over that. That and a fresh squeezed lemonade were a great start to a Friday. I try not to repeat places I'm visiting, but I'll always hit  Old Broadway.
Review Source:*** review for bar only***
I did not eat at this place, so can't comment on the food. A friend and I went on a little bar crawl to see what Fargo had to offer, so this was our first stop I think. The bartenders were nice & we got beverages in hand relatively quickly, so that made me happy. They also make a pretty decent dirty martini! The mixed drinks were a little light on the alcohol, but overall not a bad place to grab a drink. It's kinda loud, but not so loud that you can't have a conversation with someone. I wouldn't mind stopping in for a drink again.
This place committed two of my cardinal dining sins in the first 10 minutes. Blindsiding me with a gross wedge salad and bringing my food before I was even remotely close to being done with said salad.
Okay, I don't know if it's just me, but let me start by saying that I think wedge salad is the culinary equivalent of asking a hotel guest to make their own bed. Â You just chop a head of iceberg lettuce in half twice and stick it on a plate. Â Then you throw some other crap on there with it, and voila- salad. Â Lazy. Â Or at least this particular version of it was. Â It was a cross-section of a head of lettuce that I would definitely have passed over if I saw it in the grocery store. Â They sprinkled a handful of hard-boiled egg on it (GROSS!) and some bacon. Â If I had been warned that the side salad was this, I'd have seen in the description, and asked for no eggs, or yet, forgone the salad completely.
So I was disappointed, it took me a while to scrape all the gross bits of egg out, which slowed me down in eating. Â Someone dropped off my main entree, the "spicy BBQ chicken wrap" next to me and all she said was "Okay." Â
Uhm, what? Â I barely realized that food was for me. Â If someone had been sitting next to me, I definitely wouldn't have realized it was mine. Â So on to the entree. Â So, I named it above and I put it in quotations- because really, there was nothing spicy about it. Â "Spicy" was what drew me in! Â Okay, so there was also supposed to be avocado in it. Â I didn't see or taste any avocado. Â Disappointing. Â The wrap was tasty enough, but nothing special.
Honestly, the highlight of my meal was the sweet potato fries that probably were frozen in a bag from Sysco.
I actually was so annoyed by the end of my meal that I didn't even finish my beer because I was ready to get the hell out of there. Â My check for this debacle totaled over $20 for one person. Â Decent, but not for what I got.
I might give this place another try, but probably only for drinks. Â And only if I wanted a beer, because I imagine I can get a better cocktail somewhere else down the street.
"A Once Great Eatery"
For the past 5 years, I have been going to Old Broadway once every couple of months and the decline has been getting greater and greater every year.
The final feeling comes from my last visit.
Service
The waitstaff is the absolute worst. Whether they are getting my order wrong (how can you confuse beer cheese and tortilla soup...TWICE) or completely ignoring a table - the waiters and waitresses at the OB are guilty. Management isn't any better. They didn't respond to complaints.
Food
Nothing to write home about here. Basic fare and the kitchen must not understand how to completely cook meat till done. My guest ordered a chicken caesar salad and when it did not arrive with chicken on it, they took it away - BUT returned with pink chicken and a giant red vein running through a cold piece of meat. Yep, almost completely raw. When we complained about this, we were told - "I don't think you ordered chicken anyway"
Price
Not worth the dollar amount.
Anything that was good????
They have a bananas foster for dessert that is AWESOME. It is the only thing that could convince me to try this place again...but only after a few drinks.
Side Note
They also have the worst bathrooms and sometimes you have to walk through their rude nightclub doormen to get to the other restrooms
Apparently I was visiting the area on the right night. Â As the OB has wine club night every Thursday. Â With membership ($30/yr or about $5 for a day pass) one receives three generous tasting samples as well as a full glass of their favorite. Â
Beyond the wine, I also had the Blue Bacon Burger with sweet potato fries, which I must say, was pretty amazing.
I love Old Broadway and under Yelp ratings it meets the "Yay! I am a fan" criterion. As a sports bar, OB is a 5 all the way. I've only been in Fargo during summer, but I would love to come back one weekend to see a football game in the Fargodome and watch a Vikings game at the OB, I am sure it is a blast.
If you are looking for a fun place to hang, throw back a few brews, chat with friendly locals and just have fun in general, OB is hard to beat.
When I first ate at the Old Broadway restaurant a while ago I was quite impressed. Â I remember having a nice steak with tasty and interesting flavors (altough I don't remember the specifics) ordered off of a fairly limited menu. Â Now the menu has expanded and they have decided to include one of my most hated menu characteristics: pictures of the food. Â Despite the hideous menus the food is decent. Â The downtown location is nice and it is a local restaurant, so those two factors make it a better choice than comparable chain bar and grill restaurants.
Review Source:I've been to Old Broadway a few times and have always enjoyed it. The place isn't as high class as it wants to be, so once you get past that, the food is pretty tasty and the service is nice.
I never went to Old Broadway back in Christopher's time, so I don't know what the dance club part was like. Half of the place is still that dance club / bar from what I can tell, but that doesn't intrude on your experience in the restaurant.
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