For those of you who enjoy indulging your masochistic side every once in a while, Uptown is highly recommended. If you like being ignored by every waitress and busboy in the entire place for a full twenty minutes after being seated, run, don't walk, to Uptown. Our water glasses were filled and refilled FOUR times before we were given the opportunity to spend our money on drinks. And that was only because we Shanghaied someone else's waitress who was on her way to someone else's table. So what if the Martini we asked for with a twist arrived with three jumbo olives? Who cares if we paid seventeen times retail for a middling bottle of Riesling? We like our punishment served cold. And the drinks were, well, cold. This is about the only thing our server was able to successfully pull off. Getting a botttle of wine and a glass of vodka from the bar to our table before they got warm. We're not the sort of people who complain about the waitstaff in restaurants. It's a hard job. No one wants to be working on a Saturday night when everyone else is out having fun. But, since most waiters are unemployed actors, use the opportunity to practice your craft. Act. Just the bare minimum would suffice. And if you're a good enough actor, no one will notice that your enthusiasm isn't genuine. If you do a good enough job of acting like you care, someone might eventually cast you in something and you won't have to wait tables anymore. Then you can go out on Saturday nights and you can treat YOUR server like a pitcher of fresh urine. On a more positive note, the toilets in the bathroom flushed, the napkins were clean, and none of the chairs broke. We had a passable shrimp cocktail and a decent plate of chicken tenders. Be warned: DO NOT take a first date to this place. And DO NOT bring clients of any kind here. Unless you're looking to save money. Not on the food or drinks. On the tip.
Pros: The ceiling fans were operational.
Cons: Everything else.
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