Foundry on Elm

[mjrocks98.livejournal.com]

I'm just curious, has anyone had a good experience at Foundry on Elm? I've been twice now & won't be going back. I was hoping this would be a great place but in December when I went a waitress who had gotten off her shift & stayed at the bar drinking came over to my table sat down with us & started eating off my plate & drank my beer. Neither management or her coworkers stepped in to stop her. I decided I wouldn't let that one incident keep me from giving it another try. This weekend I decided to go again & after ordering our food it took almost 90 minutes before the food was served. They stated that the original server had to leave & that after that happened our order got messed up & had to be recooked. They offered us a dessert for free but we just wanted to get out of there & not look back. Am I missing something here? Is there something great about this place? Isa this just going to be another place that closes in 2 years?

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[rethcir.livejournal.com]

It's expensive, the meals are pretty decent, the beer, while a good selection, is outrageously overpriced compared to Bones and even Flatbread, and it gets crowded as hell. I'd give it about a C, there are lots of places I'd return to or check out before going back but I wouldn't rule out splurging on a nice meal there again sometime. Just wouldn't go there for a night.

And you really should have confronted that waitress, that sounds like completely socially unacceptable behavior.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I'm not actually a fan of the beer selection at Flatbread. I mean, it's good, but I feel like the only reason it's good is that it wants to cater to the clientele's desire to tell you they're having a beer you've probably never heard of. Combine that with the terrible service and twee atmosphere and no thanks.

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

I think the thing with the beer there is that it's all New England local beer, which is good in that it's cheap for quality craft beer. If you have a more specific/non local taste I can certainly see it being disappointing.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Put it to you this way: I don't believe the selection criteria was "Hey, these beers are awesome!" I believe the selection criteria was "These beers are local." Which is fine, but makes it a bit unfocused. Good prices, though, I will give them that.

[moria923.livejournal.com]

I had a couple of beers at Flatbread last week and *loved them!* And the $4.50 price, while not cheap, is great for the area. I enjoyed finding out about local breweries previously unknown to me.