Muddy Pig

12/18/09

come for the emotionally abusive waiter

by Betty Squab at Citysearch

I want to start this review by stating that I generally have pretty low standards when it comes to service. My main concern is whether or not the food and drinks are good--having a particularly awesome waitperson is great, but I will still gladly tip an indifferent or slightly inept waiter 20%.

So the fact that I want to comment on the service we had last night must mean it was pretty bad. I arrived at the bar around 9:30 with my husband and a couple friends. The place was packed, but we finally found a table in the back room. We needed two chairs, so one of our friends went and tracked a couple down. He didn't steal them from anyone--they were vacant. Then our two friends went off to the bathroom, and that's when our waiter stopped by the first time. He didn't say anything to me or my husband--he just grabbed one of the chairs and started walking away. My husband protested nicely, letting him know that our friends were coming back, so we'd need that chair. The waiter glared at him and snapped, "This chair is spoken for," and flounced off with it.

When he came back a few minutes later, my husband brought up the chair incident, saying that it was kind of weird that the waiter had taken it when we'd planned to, you know, "use" it. He got defensive, saying over and over that the chair was "spoken for" while backing away from us, glaring all the while, in an agressive, almost scary way.

Our friends came back, and we debated what to do. Before we came to a conclusion, our waiter came back, this time bringing a new chair. "Here's a chair for you guys. Thanks SO MUCH for your patience," he said, passive-aggressively. He didn't make any reference to his previous tantrum. Even if he'd just said something half-assed like, "Sorry about the deal with the chair," it would have been fine. But he just started acting like everything was fine, TOTALLY FINE, and being all fake-nice--you know, like how your ex-girlfiend acted when she found out you'd been cheating on her but she wanted to maintain some measure of power.

Actually, in a way it's kind of great when stuff like this happens, because you get to spend the whole time you're at the bar complaining and fantasizing about how you could get back at your idiot waiter.

Also, the scotch "flight" should have been described as "drippings."

• Pros: lots of beer
• Cons: the ridiculous waiter we had last night

03/30/09

Great Cubano Sandwich

by SheSaidHeSaid at Citysearch

We stopped in the Muddy Pig on Saturday afternoon, had a cold beer and shared the cuban sandwich. Service was good and the sandwich was excellent.

• Pros: Relaxed Atmosphere, Extensive Beverage Selection
• Cons: Parking is a challenge

01/22/09

WORST BAR EVER!

by cris98 at Citysearch

WORST BAR/RESTERAUNT EVER!!!

If you don't want to end up in the ER with food poisioning DON'T GO to Muddy Pig. Also there is a chineese waitress that was the most rude person I have ever met!!! She should be fired on the spot for treating customers the way she does.

• Pros: NONE