Toad Tavern

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  Horrible service, occasionally surly waitresses, standard bar food.  The only upside is a great collection of local bands.  If I wasn't there to see a show I sure as hell wouldn't be here to drink or eat.

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  Posted on 04.02.13 Aaron C.

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  I have been to TTT many times.  My husband's in a band, our friends are in bands, they play all at TTT at some point, so we support them by going to TTT to see them.   I went with a friend to see her boyfriend play.  But last night is the last time myself or anyone in the group I was with with will go there.
  
  Long story short the waitress took my friends shot off the table.  No big deal right? We pointed out her mistake - only to realize it was our mistake.  She completely denied even being at our table.  Ok, well we saw her at our table.  After a conversation that was entirely too lengthy, and falling just short of her using the word liar my friend gave up.  Being the sober person at the table I wanted to stand up for what's right, so I went to the bartender.  He stated that it's not his problem and implied I was just trying to get a free drink.  Now I got mad!  First there are much easier ways for a woman to score a drink.  Secondly there's no management in this place, so by default he's in charge.  He's responsible for everything that goes on in absence of management.  I tended bar for the better part of 10 years, I know this.  Finally in the end he did the right thing and angrily slapped together a shot, practically threw it at me and said "take this or leave". Then I could not get served the rest of the night.  Really.... who are you ultimately hurting?
  
  It's not necessarily that a mistake was made, but how it's handled on the back end.  Here's how it should have gone down.  Us:  "Oh, it looks like you accidentally took our 1/2 full shot away."  Waitress:  "Gee I'm sorry can I get you ____ (fill in the blank anything would be sufficient).  Us:  "Thanks that would be great!"  Wow how easy was that, or could have been.  Happy customers, we'll will come back, no bad reviews, and even if it wasn't her fault the bar just spent $4 max and would have made another $100 that night alone.  
  
  I am sick of places that provide poor customer service. There are lots of places that support the local music scene.  There's no need to go to a place that treats their customers this way.

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  Posted on 03.22.13 Alyssa G.

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  Music was great! Not enough room if you are going to see any well known bands.

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  Posted on 11.30.12 Tim V.

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  Saw my friend do stand-up comedy here recently.  It's ok.  A little dark-ish, despite stage lighting.  Sits in a strip mall in an extremely beautiful neighborhood with a massive gold course across the way.  Service is pretty good here, the bartenders easy-going.  Didn't have any food, but they did have $2 beer specials -- the beer was so 3rd-string and forgettable I don't even recall what it was (I just had one).

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  Posted on 05.14.12 Stephen K.

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  Just a great little dive bar with live music, beer pong & good beer on tap!
  
  We've seen some great bands here, like Black Rainbow (Black Sabbath & Rainbow cover band), The Spirit of Rush (Rush cover band) and Riff Raff (AC/DC cover band). They were so much fun and the whole crowd was great. Word of advice, get there early, because this place gets PACKED.
  
  I love that they have beer pong tables here. We dropped in for happy hour here one Friday and just bought some reasonably priced pitchers and played some pong. We were pretty much the only people in the bar, but fun nonetheless.
  
  We always have a great time here. I will definitely be back.

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  Posted on 12.13.11 Mo C.

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  Pretty good place for live shows. The stage is a fairly good size and the sound had a good mix. This place offers a lot of room for both standing and sitting.
  
  Got knocked down to 2 stars due to the service. After being ignored for about 15 mins, we were finally helped. The service was extremely slow and the price of the drinks varied from bartender to bartender. Something's fishy about that... and it's definitely a good way to lose my business.

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  Posted on 02.20.11 Dorian H.

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  Great for live shows, I love the sound and atmosphere at the Toad!

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  Posted on 01.24.11 Micah L.

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  Classic Dive Bar.

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  Posted on 08.31.10 John B.

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