I had guests in town this weekend and they talked me into going to Alice Cooper’s Town restaurant. Apparently, they read a positive review in Spin(?) magazine. I searched Spin’s website for the blurb, but couldn’t find the review. Anyway, we headed down for lunch on Sunday.

We arrived to a small crowd… mainly bikers there to watch whatever games were on the big screens. Got seated. Our waiter looked like that kid from Goth Talk on SNL, and acted like he was on a low dose of Thorazine. In fact, the entire staff seemed to be acting as though they just had their pay cut. We ordered drinks (2 Corona’s and a soda) and approximately 10 minutes later, the soda arrived. The Corona’s took another 5 minutes with no explanation. It was just… waiter takes order, 10 minutes later a soda appeares and 5 minutes after that 2 bottles of beer appear.

Shortly thereafter, we ordered an appetizer combo called “Coop’s Combo”. On the plate were wings, skins, chicken tenders, pork sliders and fries. All pretty good, but nothing spectacular. For entrées we ordered a Ceasar’s Salad with chicken, a Fitzies Fish Sandwich and a Kid Rock Rib Combo.

The person with the salad reported that the chicken was rubbery and “fake” tasting. My fish sandwich was fine, no complaints, and the waiter screwed up the Kid Rock Rib Combo by omitting the ribs. That’s correct. The rib combo was served sans ribs. As soon as he brought the plates we inquired about the missing ribs and he said he’d bring em right out. About 20 minutes later we asked again. We finally got the ribs added to the to-go box as we were leaving.

It also bears mention that our server never bothered to clear any empty bottles or used plates from the smallish bar style table. We found ourselves stacking dirty dishes on an ajacent table just to make room.

Alice Cooper’s Town has some cool memorabilia on the walls and that’s about all it has to offer. Stop in sometime to walk around and kill 10 minutes in the museum like lobby. All in all not a HORRIBLE experience, but definitely not worth a second trip. The food is of the same caliber as any other sports bar in America, but more expensive, the service was barely adequate, and parking is a pain in the ass too as the restaurant has no parking lot of their own. Our bill for one appetizer, three entrées, and a few drinks came to $95 before tip. I can think of many, many places that I’d rather spend $32 for a meal. I suggest leaving Alice Cooper’s Town to the tourists.