August 5, 2009

  • Hawkeyes

    So after the softball game today, I went to Hawkeyes for some beer and grub.  It was empty.  There were a few people around, but no one was really eating anything.  This was at 10PM.  The special was a $4 pint of 312....not much of a special considering a regular pint of something else would have been $5.  Then again maybe this place charges $6.  Not a good start to the night if that's the best drink special they have.  I looked through the menu and didn't find anything particularly appealing, but Hawkeye's isn't gourment food or anything like that.  I remembered that one of my friends liked the buffalo chicken wrap, so I decided to try the buffalo chicken quesidilla as an alternative.  I got my beer pretty quickly....but the food.

    I waited, and waited....must have been at least 25 minutes.  I'm the ONLY one inside the entire bar that has ordered any food.  Everyone else has only drinks.  Why did it take so long for the food to get done?  The server was nice enough, but she didn't stop by once in that 25 minute stretch.  She wasn't all that busy either.  Sure, I wasn't pounding down my beer, but at the very least she could have stopped to see if I needed anything else.

    I finally got my food, only to be disappointed.  The chicken was not deep fried as she claimed.  It was obviously breaded chicken with buffalo sauce on top.  It was a good amount of food amd hot, but not at all crispy like it should have been.  Mega demerits on this one.  The only thing I'm really waiting for and it's not what I expected.  I don't think I'm going to go to Hawkeyes again....unless it's for some drinks....from time to time.  There always is Drum and the Monkey nearby.  Maybe they won't disappoint?