Ruby Tuesday Restaurant

The BBQ burger was really good, and the bartender was really friendly, and very attentive to my water glass status.

Nothing drives me more insane than when I have to deal with a server's, or in this case the bartender's, drama.  I just don't need it.  It's like a job, you leave your drama at the door the instant you walk inside.

Sitting at the bar to get a pre-shopping drink, I thought I would be in for a pleasant surprise, alas I was mistaken.

"Yes, I'll have a Maker's Manhattan, up."  "Manhattan?"  *glaring slightly*  "Yes, a manhattan."  She continues to explain she's only been bartending for three weeks.  Do I care?  No.  I told her how to make my drink, and she still made it wrong.  Later she inquired how it was.  I responded, "I've had better."  Not even missing a beat, she replies, "Oh, well, I've only been bartending for three weeks."  No!  Absolutely not!  The correct response is, "Oh, is there anything I can do to make it better?"  Yes, that's the correct response.  

She seemingly forgets about my friend and I until I place the menus on the edge of the bar directly in front of her, which she cues in on and takes our appetizer order.  Oh, not to mention the fact my friend had a dirty martini.  Apparently "dirty" just meant adding olives because it did not have any olive juice.

She went and took a smoke break, how lovely, shortly thereafter.  The other bartender happens by and I ask if she knows if our bartender is just having a bad day.  She responded saying that she was actually having a terrible day, but did not give a specific explanation.  She did actually ask us how we knew she was having a bad day, but I just said it was her body language and the way she was talking.  She graciously gave me a class of water to go with my bourbon, because that was not a manhattan by any means.  She also added olive juice to my friend's drink.  My friend actually only ate one of the olives because she said it tasted like chlorine.  Chlorine?!  What the hell?

The Thai Phoon tenders were decent, but nothing spectacular.  They were essentially crispy chicken tenders out of a frozen bag with a sweet-chili sauce; in other words, nothing special.

I would skip this place.  I mean, why would you come here when you have so many other better options so close by.