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I used to frequent this
joint back in the day when it was B.B. Doyle's
and sat a mere two blocks from my workplace in Worldwide Plaza. That
job is long gone, as is the oddball Irish joint this place used to
be. Now replaced with the stunningly punny name, House of Brews, it
has recast itself as a beer-lover's paradise replete with at least
like ten beers on tap. How will we ever choose?! Suffering from the
same weird spatial relations problem as its predecessor, I am still
perplexed about how they make an upstairs space seem so much like
drinking in a basement. Split between the downstairs bar space and
the upstairs "lounge/bar", both floors manage to in fact
feel somewhat stuffy and claustrophobic. The upstairs even includes
a weird square lounge area that is covered with like a dirty tarp
or something that makes the 10x10 area almost pitch black and almost
as creepy as I'm exaggeratingly make it sound. There also seems to
be some inconsistency in the service. One night we went there and
the server was one of the worst I've seen in recent memory. She would
gather an order for five beers and basically walk back with a random
smattering of whatever she felt like serving to us. Terrible. The
next time, the many folks in attendance (almost 100% dudes) couldn't
stop raving about the wonderful barmaid--whom I believe they knew
from many prior visits. So who knows? This is definitely an afterwork
joint, with its eh beer selection and finger foods, but should be
avoided at all costs if you're looking to score points with either
a date or your own self-esteem. [MF]
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