tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post3933325524263081923..comments2023-09-29T05:25:14.023-04:00Comments on The Baltimore Snacker: Rocket to VenusJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064972052546768332noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-23125766452995446242007-09-14T08:24:00.000-04:002007-09-14T08:24:00.000-04:00Dan: Yep, a lot of people speak highly of the food...Dan: Yep, a lot of people speak highly of the food at Golden West. I have to be in a certain mood to deal with bad service. If I'm having a bad day or am in a hurry, forget it!<BR/><BR/>As for the smoke thing: I'm very much looking forward to <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/26/AR2007032601893.html" REL="nofollow">February 2008</A>.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064972052546768332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-33524944696845603602007-09-14T05:34:00.000-04:002007-09-14T05:34:00.000-04:00Glad to hear your thoughts on Rocket to Venus. Thi...Glad to hear your thoughts on Rocket to Venus. This and Golden West are high on our list of places to try. I'm willing to overlook the service if the food is decent. <BR/><BR/>Frazier's isn't bad... I had a burger there that was pretty decent. My biggest complaint, though, is that the whole place smells like smoke that's been there since the 1960s, so you come out smelling like an ashtray.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07527634771122333837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-49045500343422752762007-09-12T21:08:00.000-04:002007-09-12T21:08:00.000-04:00Danielle: Not been to Frazier's or NWP yet. I hav...Danielle: Not been to Frazier's or NWP yet. I have to look them up.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064972052546768332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-88248339450078744472007-09-12T14:50:00.000-04:002007-09-12T14:50:00.000-04:00Weighing in as a Hampden resident, I haven't made ...Weighing in as a Hampden resident, I haven't made it to Rocket to Venus, yet. I'll still give them a try. I'm not easily deterred. I eat at Golden West all the time. I must be lucky because I've had completely fine service there lately. There's one waitress at Cafe Hon who's awesome. She also works/worked? at the New Wyman Park Restaurant in lower Charles Village at 25th & Howard. She's def not a hipster. I forget her name, though. And while Frazier's doesn't have the loveliest ambiance for eating (drinking is fine), I've had decent service.<BR/><BR/>Hampden + hipster = "Hampster" :)daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749206423945613743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-46622758584917609002007-09-10T07:54:00.000-04:002007-09-10T07:54:00.000-04:00Hmmm, that is so weird! You are right about Hampd...Hmmm, that is so weird! You are right about Hampden: it suffers from a serious case of attitude. I do concur bout the Golden West - not only is the service ridiculously lax (they won't even allow you to make substitutions), that laxness is actually their whole shtick! I haven't bothered to go back despite the food, which was good, because I don't usually feel like waiting around for an extra hour to complete my meal. In fact, that's what kept me from ordering that delicious looking cake they had there - I wasn't sure how much longer I'd have to wait for them to slice it and bring it over to me! I mean, I didn't want to spend the <B>whole</B> night there!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064972052546768332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-36537607287899312612007-09-10T07:20:00.000-04:002007-09-10T07:20:00.000-04:00I agree with anonymous - we had pretty bad service...I agree with anonymous - we had pretty bad service when we went there in April. Seriously, those Hampden hipsters have the worst attitudes - service was on par with Golden West (which is not saying much - I think the service there is atrocious).<BR/><BR/>The food, however, was pretty good. My boyfriend got the jerk chicken which he said was pretty good, and I got the veggie wimpies, which were missing one of the listed ingredients - I didn't bother trying to get it fixed because of aforementioned poor service.<BR/><BR/>Also, another gripe of mine was the fact that they put out plain old olive oil with the bread. Um, it's supposed to be extra virgin so that it's flavorful. They may as well have put out canola oil!<BR/><BR/>I like the vibe there - particularly the awesome jukebox -, but if their service continues to suck and their food doesn't shine next time, I'm not going back. The jukebox alone is not powerful enough a draw.roopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741779290923045343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-85664156990446387292007-09-09T16:31:00.000-04:002007-09-09T16:31:00.000-04:00Well, I have no idea what was happening that night...Well, I have no idea what was happening that night, but I'm not willing to try again. Glad your visit was better.<BR/><BR/>I had actually gone there one other time before that - had the wimpies and the food was great. But even that night, the service was only so-so. And I'm really not very demanding when it comes to service in restaurants ... It takes quite a bit to annoy me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-16360419739371163362007-09-09T11:17:00.000-04:002007-09-09T11:17:00.000-04:00How weird! They were pretty attentive to us. May...How weird! They were pretty attentive to us. Maybe it was just an off night. Sounds just like my one and only experience at the Grill Art Cafe, whose door I will NEVER darken again (plus their food was horrible). It baffles my mind, but they still seem to attract a crowd every weekend. I also got poor service the last time I went to Akbar, which is a fave in Mt. Vernon. My God, you really have to go out of your way to be rude to your customers in a serve-yourself-buffet type situation! But they did it! But I'll go into that some other day.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064972052546768332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-14401966345849822442007-09-09T10:14:00.000-04:002007-09-09T10:14:00.000-04:00Wow .. the last time I went there (and yes, it is ...Wow .. the last time I went there (and yes, it is really the LAST time) - the service was HORRIBLE. None of the tables had food. We were pretty much ignored. Dreadful. We walked out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com