CatCalls20101
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Mon, August 02, 2010
CatCalls2010 Iguana Mack's has a lizard in it's advertising.. a cold blooded, tiny brained, scale covered, bug eater with a tendency to appear interesting but really just clings to the walls and waits for prey to appear. I think it's named Mack. This joint is very laid back. Service was non-existent until we went and found a server. Then service was just slow. Food was cold in the middle the first time and frozen in the center the next time. They give plenty of time to eat and hang out because we had to go looking again when we wanted the check. The casual service allowed us time to notice our surroundings. They have such creative uses for dropped food and such. There is a beautiful patio where smoking is permitted. Unfortunately, it's also so "weather protected" the smell of stale smoke permeates everything. (I smoke so it's gotta be pretty bad.) Weeknight music plays on the patio. Although, the nights we were there, the player was very, very "relaxed". Remembering lyrics? Um, no. Weekend entertainment...loud, predictable, loud, predictable and um, and loud and predictable. The pool table is a buck a game (no extra charge for the bonus stuff on the felt, including the hair. Do Supreme Court justices hang out here or what?) The cue availability is almost half a dozen. A straight cue? Um, no. There are video games, etc... conveniently all smooshed into one crowded section at the very back of the joint, sort of side by side with the pool table and the standing tables behind the bar. I assume this encourages only skinny people to try to play pool or games or walk in the back of the place. The parking lot serves another bar and another restaurant as well as other businesses. Parking reminded me a lot of bumper cars. Police are there an astonishingly huge amount of the time. I didn't understand this until I looked up precinct lines and crime stats. This joint is literally on the line between two precincts so it's doubly served and protected. And for good reason, too. Calls for service are high and crime reports show why. The police work hard around this joint. Bar service is pretty good. Drinks are fair pour and mixer lines seem clean, although the buckets of ice dragged in from the back could use a good rinse. Ick. Happy Hour prices are pretty good, too. But, when happy hour is over and the bar gets busy....it's fun even trying to get a drink. They're so generous with salting the food that the price of a drink doesn't seem that important. Please, just slake my thirst, I'm starting to get dehydrated. And, wow! After the very first taste of my very first drink, it was like....Zoom! What a concoction! I liked it so much, I locked myself in my car for the next 13 hours. Not even the police could get me out! The whole place just seemed amazing.....so hip an' all! And, the video cameras they have everywhere record everything everybody does. lsn't that considerate? Iguana Mack's is just too cool. Even for an old dinosaur like me..although I was younger than many of the other jungle cats hanging in Iguana territory. This cat calls Iguana Mack's the best named lounge for lizards in town.
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