I love a good blonde.
McGinnis and I have spent certain weekend lunches and game nights at Good Microbrew and Grill, feasting on chicken fingers, calamari fritti, sandwiches, and burgers. Together, we’ve worked our way through nearly one-quarter of their amazingly extensive beer list. We had plans to keep on going until…
Good went bad.
It started with the hostess, who kept a small cadre of hungry patrons waiting to be seated for more than a few minutes. When she finally appeared, she looked confused, the expression in her eyes screaming, Where am I? What am I supposed to be doing? Who are these people?
Seated, McGinnis and I briefly consulted the menus and waited for our order to be taken. Yeah, we had a while to go. Good thing he’s funny, or I’d have placed our order myself.
One waiter, then a second, then a food runner. All passed our table without a second glance. Finally, someone (not sure if he was a waiter or busboy) came by and took our drink order. While other patrons who were seated within moments of us received their drinks and had their food orders taken, our beers failed to materialize. Food came to those same tables before the guy who had taken our beer order came back with bad news: the beer McGinnis had ordered was not available. Another quick look at the menu, and McGinnis had a new request. Of course, a new order is useless without someone to take it.
When the guy came around again, McGinnis placed his revised order and then we waited again.
I’m sure you know by now where this is going.
Needless to say, service was shockingly bad. It ran hot and cold. Hot: the moment a beer bottle was emptied, but before I had a chance to photograph it, someone came and swooped it away. Cold: the waiting and waiting and waiting and…
I can excuse fairly poor service, however, for stellar food. And by stellar, I mean burgers cooked to the requested temperature. Take a look at this photo and tell me that burger is cooked to medium:
Not well-done, poorly done.
It’s not, is it? I’m not a well-done kind of girl. I like my burgers juicy, maybe a little bloody in a gross but delicious kind of way. This burger was the opposite of juicy, and pretty far from delicious. Thank goodness for perfectly crispy onion rings…
Mmmm...onion rings.
McGinnis and I probably won’t be back at Good for quite some time. Next time he wants chicken fingers, I’ll make them myself. And I’ll cook my burger to medium-rare.
Good Microbrew and Grill
3725 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(323) 660-3645