Scorz Bar and Grill

Took niece and her two sons there for lunch on a Sunday,  Very quiet place.  Service was good.  Food slow in coming but the boys played a game a pool while we waited.  They turned a tv to the KC Chiefs football game for the boys.  Burgers and curly fries x 4 were a huge hit.  Big portions, not overlooked, served hot.
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Apparently this place burned down once a while back.  They should have left it that way.

This is probably the biggest place in downtown Mt. Vernon, and it has a pool table and numerous TV's in all of the places that TV's should be in a bar like this.  That's it for the upside though.

I'm not a snob or purist by any means, but there are a few things that I look for when I head to a pub and this place fails miserably in all of them.  What are they?

1)  Decent beer selection.  Scorz fails because outside of the lone Sam Adams tap, the rest of the bar is nothing but Bud, Bud Light, etc.  In other words, don't come here if you actually enjoy drinking beer.

2)  Decent Happy Hour.  At first, I thought it looked alright...then I was charged normal prices during happy hour.  Sad.

3)  Decent Pub Grub.  I had no illusions when I came here, and I knew I was going to order food and that it probably wasn't going to be the best food I'd ever eaten.  Still, I was shocked by how pathetic their fish basket was.  The fish looked like it was some sort of white gel sandwiched between two pieces of cardboard, the fries were crinkle cut fries that you can get for $.50 at the grocery store and the cole slaw plopped right out of a bucket that the 'cook' threw from the kitchen into the trash...through a caddy-corner area of the bar/kitchen.

4)  Decent Service.  Actually, it wasn't bad.  It wasn't great either though, and I was one of four people in the entire bar that night.  So, that made it seem worse than it was I guess.

Basically, Scorz is like a cougar.  It might look good on the outside, it might even seem like a fun place to hang out for a bit, but ultimately it's just lipstick on a pig.

For what it's worth, I can see the potential for it being the kind of bar that bro's and their lady friends flock to on a busy night.  I'm not sure if that makes it any more attractive, but whatever you do, DO NOT EAT HERE.

Ever.

When I want a burger I go to Scorz.  My wife and I drove to Mt. Vernon to go to the Lincoln Cafe, but it was too busy so we walked down the street and thought we'd try Scorz.  We have been glad ever since that this happened because outside of the Hamburg Inn, I believe they have the best burgers in the area.  I HIGHLY recommend their burgers and we also think very highly of their fries!