Spirits

Stopped there for a quick dinner last night, having heard they have good subs.  The hours posted on the door said M-S, 11am to something or other, but the dining area was closed.  Still trying to figure that one out - needless to say, we ate elsewhere.

You read the reviews here and that should be enough to tell you NOT to eat here.  I've been a regular of Spirits for years but would never eat there.  I know better.  There are bugs, as in roaches.  They have mice and rats.  They have a lot of expired food as in mayonnaise.  I'm writing this to save people from being sick.  It's a miracle if you eat here and you don't get sick.  Usually the only people who eat at Spirits are tourists who don't know any better.

Yes, the girls who wait tables are always new.  They can't keep servers downstairs because they can't make enough money to support themselves.

Lately I've been less of a regular.  I'm kinda tired of being overcharged at the bar upstairs.  I'm tired of draft beer from dirty lines.  They never clean or change the lines.  The bartenders don't pay attention.  They spend me time on their android phones or talking to their friends than actually waiting on customers.  When Brian is bartending he's outside smoking and hitting on girls more often than serving customers.  Also, when he closes the place he often talks girls into staying after for more drinks behind locked doors.   I bet ABC would love that tidbit.  Brian and Richard are nice guys but they need a refresher course in bartending, or just a course in how to serve people.

The bathroom upstairs is ridiculous.  The mens room smells like urine.  It doesn't just smell like urine, it smells like a porta potty that's been knocked over.  Often one toilet is broken.  

About the overcharging.  There's been a lot of talk about it from customers and it'll probably catch up to them someday.  From hearing so many people talk about it it's becoming a huge problem.

Dive bars are cool.  I like the clientele here.  I like the graffiti in the bathrooms.  I like seeing regulars.   I don't mind that the place is falling apart (though I do mind water coming out of the ceiling on top of people which I've seen happen twice).  But I don't like all the stuff I mentioned above.  And it's also amazing the health department hasn't shut them down.  You can go to the health department's website and read their inspections.  

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So, Spirits, stop.  Stop the shit and run a bar the way it should be.  Clean your taps.  Serve your customers.  Clean the bathroom.

We stopped into Spirits while killing time to grab a drink and maybe a small bite. Luckily, I had to use the restroom and the trip to the restroom and back convinced me that this was not a place where I'd want to order ANYTHING. The restroom and the entire back of the store was disgustingly filthy! If that's how they kept the front of the restaurant, I couldn't IMAGINE what was lurking in the kitchen.

IMHO, stay away at all costs until it is gutted and remodeled.