Starting Gate Saloon

I went to Starting Gate Saloon with some trepidation since many of the previous  reviews mention terrible service. I was there with a group of seven guys and I thought-----OH NO!!!!
Well the service by Casey was perfect.
Also the report on great pizza was correct. I ordered a thin crust well done with cheese pepperoni and Italian sausage and it came deliciously as ordered. Cheeseburgers, hamburgers, Reuben's, bean soup, etc.----all seven were very happy!
The beer was reasonable and cold.
I would go back in a New York minute.

Walked up here this past Friday with my fiance, as we had a long week and the only cure was pizza and a pitcher.
I love me some dive bars so we figured why the hell not.
The food was okay- your standard frozen bar fare thrown in a deep fryer and thrown in a basket.
We ordered a pizza- it was decent, nothing special but it satisfied the pizza craving.  The beer was cold.
I would give this place a 3, but our server disappeared for 45 minutes once we got our food. I love chit chatting with my hubby to be, but we felt like d*cks sitting in a 4 person booth taking up prime real estate when people are wandering around looking for a place to sit.
I'm glad we went but I think we'll frequent other bars in the area for pizza and a pitcher.

Why yes I will write a review.  I had been through here before with a good friend when we stopped in for a beer.  At the time it was during the day and on the weekend so no one was really there.  We split a pitcher and some jalapeno poppers.  Nothing special but we had heard mixed reviews so figured we'd try it again sometime.  Fast forward to about 9 months later and here we are.  We went back for a second try to get a pizza and some bur (beer).

We started out with some cheese fries and jalapeno poppers.  When I asked the waitress if the cheese on the cheese fries was melted or nacho style cheese she about had a mental breakdown.  I immediately regretted asking and after a moment of her silence and eye squinting she spoke up with the answer.  After that I was worried any sudden questions would throw her into a panic.  So we hung out and after our food came she disappeared.  After what felt like a half an hour she sprung up out of nowhere and asked if we needed anything.  Seeing as our apps (appetizers) had long been demolished and our 2nd pitcher had already arrived.  It had to be time for pizza, so we put in our order and added some breadsticks.  All the while watching our waitress write everything down frantically.  I can't imagine her having much experience because not only did she disappear for long, long moments at a time but she also seemed overwhelmed by everything that was going on.  

Our pizza came and 2 slices in, out come the breadsticks.  Great.  It's really hard for me to write a bad review or a low scoring one.  Because in all honesty an older woman, my guess was the owner, came out and checked on tables periodically.  So the sympathy card gets played and although this 3 stars is a very low one.  I genuinely feel bad for the owners.  They have prime real estate, ok food and sub par service.  It needs to be updated and fast.  I can't imagine bagged fried food would keep you in business for long, in this day and age.