Pearce's

Used to love this place, the food used to me awesome and 'just hanging out' was great.  The just hanging out is still awesome, but the food is nowhere near what it used to be.   During the summer, I asked the waiter what happened, that there is a very noticeable difference in the food and not for the better.  He said that they let go of their chef.

That was disappointing to hear, my wife and I used to VERY MUCH look forward to dinner and some drinks once a week there, but now that's gone.  Neither one of us will go back for dinner, we had a real bad experience after years of good experiences and since the waiter said they let go of the chef, I don't think it was a rare bad experience.

I still like the place to hang out and eat appetizers, the staff is great, the bar is quaint and the outside deck is awesome.

We wanted to try something new for lunch and decided to give this place a shot. When we walked in, there was two other tables and it was not busy at all.  Still, it took awhile for the waitress to come to our table to get our order. Our family has food allergies but most restaurants we go to are accommodating. When the first person ordered with the order modifications (nothing demanding) the waitress was taken aback and rude and said "Well, I can check if they can do that" and then suggested she order a different item of the menu. Really? Usually when I have gone to a restaurant, they bend over backwards to accommodate a "special" situation even as far as to make the original dish as close as possible to the allergen free dish. Some places even *gasp* have a special menu! Not only was the waitress rude about taking our orders but our orders weren't even right when they came out. She was too lazy to write down the modifications and gave us the original suggestion she told the first person. Aside from being rude about order modifications, she couldn't remember our drink orders and it took an HOUR to get our food for LUNCH. Then again, it was pretty busy rush period with the two other tables finishing up and all..

If i could give no stars, I would. I just think with this day in age with as much knowledge as there is on food allergies/intolerances that restaurants need to be on top of their game with being sensitive to this issue. Especially since so many people have them. And even if you don't know a lot about them, it is completely unnecessary to treat a customer like that.

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