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Not a fan of chains, but I wanted pizza so we came here since it's open late. Service was slow and the place was still packed on a Sunday night.
- Classic Combo Pizza: classic with your basic pepperoni, sausage, and mushroom, can't go wrong with that, but it's nothing special
- Buffalo Chicken Pizza: spicy-my mouth had a nice burn the whole time, a little too creamy and saucy, chicken was good
- Chips & Salsa: watery salsa, not spicy at all (i like my salsa chunky)
- Piranha Beer: not bad
We were too full to try their infamous pizookie. Next time! Great place to watch the game with lots of TV screens everywhere. Service needs work.
Passed by tonight with sis and a family friend. Ordered the Pot Roast but with wedge-fries. Unless you're on a diet, I wouldn't recommend having this as it's a small portion. Though it was quite tasty, all it is are chunks of the pot roast - guess they think it's not easy to cut - and if pieced back together, it wouldn't be the full size of a normal slice of pot roast. I guessimate the size would be about half to 3/4s of a full pot roast slice. ouch - where the rest of it go? I have seen entrees like this before - by chopping it all up and serving it in pieces, the serving looks okay piled atop potatoes but in reality, it's skimping on the food. All this for almost $13? methinks no.... :-(
Sis had a coupon for free appetizers so we ordered chicken tenders which were served cold. yuck.... Oh, don't even bother with the pumpkin beer - yeck!!
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10/29/2009
Tonight I returned with sis and having ate something earlier in the day, I decided to eat lightly… Read more »
I have come to this place twice, and the second time I did it, I wanted to kick my own butt for doing so.
The food is good but the staff is just young and inexperienced. I've asked for something to drink and never recevied it. I asked for dressing on the side and it came on the salad. My friend asked for no onions in his pasta and found onions in his food.
Which is too bad considering that this looks like a fun place and is packed all the time.
Delicious pizza!!!!! Omg! Awesome happy hour too where mini pizzas are half off. For a pizza addict like me, hell ya!!!! They stay open till 1am on weekends. I crave their pizza all the time.
YES! I'm a fan! And yes this place is a mainstream kinda restaurant, but they have pretty good food! Not everything on the menu is worthy of my praise but I gotta say, the deep dish pizzas are not too bad!
The chicken wings are tasty, but the reason why I go here is for the dessert! CAN you say PIZOOoooooKieeee!
If it's your first time here and you appreciate the pleasures of beer, its wise to try their beer sampler.
My only complaint about this place is that it gets really crowded during dinner hours with a usual wait time of 30 minutes.
I used to come here a lot for their happy hour. It gets pretty packed and makes it difficult to grab an empty table and usually we get lucky by the bar standing really close to someone hoping they would get up and leave.
I went here today to pick up my friend's little sister because she just started working here not too long ago. What I miss the most is their pizookie!!! Oh goodness, it was heavenly yummy!! So hooray for their happy hour and their pizookie!
I would recommend coming here if you couldn't decide what you wanted for lunch/dinner. They have a HUGE selection here, and good for late night drinks as well.
Came here around 10 on the weekend and ordered
Jamabalaya and he ordered a Pizza.
with my Passion fruit maitai and his margarita. lol.
The maitai was actually hella good... so good I ordered another one.. hehe.
I've been here quite a few times and the service always tends to depend on how busy it is.. usually it's below-average. Like I said, I would come here if I really didn't know what I wanted to eat (I usually do anyways.) It'll satisfy you but it won't blow you away.
Overall, I would come here for late-night drinks/conversation and light food, but for a good dinner I would want to go elsewhere... unless I couldn't decide. lol
Still the same 3 stars.
I came here again on my B day. I have to say when you go here for your b day. Things really do change. You get better service, no joke.
well of course when it is your b day they give you a desert for free. I forgot what the name was, but it is ice cream on top of a cookie that just basically came out of the oven im guessing.
but the custormer service was way better than before.
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8/18/2009
This place is all right. because since i've waited for so long i think i should see or eat something… Read more »
Friday night, i came here with my boyfriend since we were already shopping at Tanforan, and we haven't had BJs for a while.
We got smarter this time, and went in to put our names down, the waiter told us it'll be around an hour or so (this is Friday night), so i guess it was expected. SO we went back to shopping.
Once we came back, they handed us the buzzer, and in about 10 mins, we were seated. In the beginning we seemed to be INVISIBLE. No water, waiter. nothing. But after 10-15 mins or so, our waiter for the night had came to rescue us :)
he was very nice, friendly, and efficient.
We asked for his recommendations on which appetizers to get and he suggested calamari and oh gosh, it was the best. We also ordered a root beer float, regular root beer, and with entree Chardonnay shrimp pasta. We WERE SO FULL that we couldnt get desserts :(
the bill was $31. Very good service. Great food. :)
I had some trepidation prior to going for lunch here, as it IS in the mall and is obviously a chain type place. I was wrong.
The food was excellent, portions generous, and I had one of the tastiest burgers around for a good price. More importantly, the service was excellent....no request was a problem for these people. I think it has to do with the obvious presence of management.
I'll definitely hit this place for a little happy hour after an exhausting day of shopping!
Good beers and a good happy hour. Can't ask for much more! I really like the sliders and the wings aren't bad. My boyfriend prefers the bbq chicken pizza. On the other hand, I really don't like the pot stickers. Which I mean to say, I don't really like the sauce. it's so salty and I really like salty foods so beware! But hey, half off at happy hour leaves me with not much to complain about, right?
I prefer the blonde and the nutty brunette for the beers but they are all very good! They will let you try a little if you want to try before you buy which I suggest you do!
The bar area is self-seating so no need to wait for a table and the big screen TV's are always showing a game if you're a sports fan!
REAL strawberry lemonade? Refillable? YES PLEASE!
BJ's is such a nice resto-bar. Totally blows Dave & Busters out of the water (frankly, D&B does it overly with the games)
the food from BJ's is pretty awesome. I mean, their pastas are always a sure thing for me. But i also LOVE their french dip. mmmhmmm. I tried this one thing, wild rice pilaf with prawns. it was spicy, but soo good. The lemonade with it was a sure win for me.
But aside from the food and the (i cant emphasize this enough) amazing strawberry lemonade, I find myself watching the games in their multitude of TVs. This totally lives up to the resto-bar thing its getting at. BJs is always no-fail dinner for me.
now to try their famous pizzookie...
Yeah I know it a full-on chain, but it is dependable. I like the wings - juicy with a slight drizzle of buffalo sauce and ranch. Just realized I had not had their deep dish pizza in years. We always lean towards appetizer fest - nachos, wings and a cold beer. What else do you want?
Oh, be sure to avoid this place Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights - just overrun with people.
bj's undeniably has the best wings in the world. they get two stars for that. beer is pretty good as well and i'll give them another two stars. they get another star for the rest of the food, cuz its all pretty decent. but they get four negative stars for their wack customer service...
it took me 15 minutes to get the attention of a waiter who was goofing around with a table full of his friends. when he finally came, i asked for extra napkins and he said he'll be right back. watched him walk away and rejoin the group and hung out with them for another 5-10 minutes. he then pulls a wad of napkins from his pants back pocket, walks over and puts the wad of napkins on our table and walks away. like, wtf guy? really?
went to this place pretty regularly before that incident and they were always slow. could never get the attention of the waiter/waitress. bartenders have terrible customer service. haven't gone back there since. its a shame because the wings are bomb.
This place is a sports bar and restaurant combination where you take your boys or girls for an evening of watching the local team play an important game, or just a casual night out with friends. There's plenty of parking and other options for activity if you have some time to kill afterward, as it's connected to the Tanforan Mall which has movies and shopping if there's something you need. Since this place is somewhat close to SFO, a traveler with over 2 hours to burn can stop by here before their flight and have a brew!
This BJ's is easy to get to, as it's right next to the I-380 exit onto El Camino Real heading west. Overall, this is a chain, but I'd consider this place above average compared to other chain restaurants due to it's friendly staff and wall-to-wall HD TVs, though it does have it's weaknesses as a chain (i.e. long wait for a table during busy hours, basic chain menu of "gourmet" foods, etc.).
I like BJ's.
Why?
Because they offer choices that will feed even the pickiest of eaters. My gfs and I took our time deciding what to order, because frankly, there are 100 items on the menu. Between cocktail and beer choices, pasta, sandwiches, salads, house entrees and of course, deep dish pizza.
Since I'm still a novice when it comes to the beer world, I just stuck with a Hefeweizen. I thought it went well with my BJ's favorite pizza -- meatballs, pepperoni, Italian sausage, green peppers, olives, onions and tomatoes. My mouth was going chomp, chomp, chomp and I couldn't stop!!! The chicken parmesan with mashed potatoes was also good.
For dessert, of course we had the pazookie! Chocolate ice cream on top of dark chocolate chip cookie, with a Ghirardelli chocolate square. Triple chocolate overload! (but in a good way)
Our server Carlos was efficient and didn't bother us too much as we were too busy catching up on the gossip. Towards the end of the meal, he informed us that another server is taking over.
15 minutes later, the substitute waitress asked us if we want the bill. My gfs and I looked at each other. Is she sub-consciously telling us that we need to vacate the table???
* I glanced at the time. Holy Mackerel! 8:45pm! *
We've been here for about 3 1/2 hours!!
With all that chomping and chatting we've been doing, no wonder my jaws hurt!
BJ's is definitely a place friends and I go to a lot! The prices are good, food is great, unfortunately the service is slow! But that gives you all the more time to enjoy a relaxing meal. Don't go here if you are in a hurry to eat! But if you don't mind a wait to sit- walk around the mall!
The pizookie's are amazing (and free for your bday!!)
the avocado egg rolls are to die for!
Go during happy hour (great times that happy hour occurs) for great deals!
Enjoy!
and I'm back at BJ's again but this time for dinner.
Brief Summary
- Open Late, wooohooo!
- Sat in the Bar
- I didn't get Pizza! WTF! lol
- Service was aiiiiiight
Another outing Eena and we're back at BJ's, basically our home base for eating out since it's down the street from her house.
In an attempt not to eat pizza, I tried something NEW! lol
Order:
Piranha Ale Chili Cheese Angus burger
Turkey Sandwhich? (I can't remember the name)
both with "thin cut" fries
I LOVE CHILI CHEESE.. burgers, fries, dogs...
And BJ's never fails me!
The burger was great. It was HUGE, like I expected.
The chili was tasty, with a little bit of spice.
Plenty of cheese and ONION STRINGS instead of regular onions.
I wish the fries were a little bit more thick..
but I don't like the wedges cuz they're just too thick.
No dessert or anything this time.
From what I could tell, Eena liked her turkey sandwhich.
We were a little disappointed with the wedge fries but our server brought her out a whole plate of thin cut fries, so it was forgivable.
I'm going to continue to toot BJ's horn.
And I have barely even tried anything on the menu!
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7/14/2009
BS
- Consistent Chain Restaurant
- Great Deep Dish Pizza
- Good service
I've only been here twice but… Read more »
Scratch the promo. It ended last month.
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9/18/2009
Whenever I'm in this neck of the woods, I head over to BJ's. It always is packed for some bizarre… Read more »
I usually eat here with my friends and it's a pretty good place to hang out and have some dinner. The selection on the menu is alright and everyone is usually satisfied.
The servers are okay. There are a couple of servers I've had that were great - friendly and communicative and tried not to keep us waiting too long, and then I've also had one or two that forgot to bring the waters we ordered and one that lost our order completely.
The wait time for a table is a little long and they don't seem to have an efficient way of serving the food. But other than that, this is a cool place.
I'll keep this short and simple!
The GOOD
-Cool place for friends to hang out.
-It's a brewery
-Ample parking
-Open reasonably late
The Bad
-The wait time to get a table is pretty hefty most of the times but that isn't the fault of the restaurant... its the flow of people.
-The food seems to be overly salty. I find that I have to drink gallons of water when I get home.
The Ugly
-Service most of the time is terrible. It took us 20 minutes to order food and seemed to be skipped by waiters quite often.
All in all, it's an okay time but I think the company you are with makes up for it.
Also, ask to be served by KIM, she's the best and made all the other times that we went worth it. How often do we have personality with our waiters and waitresses? She'll sit with you and joke around with ya. She was so good, we tipped her 30%.
We went to BJ's in order to watch a football game that our cable was not showing. We got exactly what we wanted: plenty of table space (for the early game), good service, good beer and some snack food. Their food is not gourmet but you know that going in. It is in a mall, what do you want? If you are on a diet, this is not your place. There is no organic anything and their "diet" menu is nothing to brag about, like a wedge of iceberg lettuce with some dressing. We knew all this so we were not disappointed. Their beer is always good. Our server (Matt) was great & the orders came quickly. They made every attempt to keep the table clear and the kids happy. Too bad my NY Giants lost! Thanks BJ's for a good morning of football.
Update;
Now that restaurants have to list the nutritional information I have found out my fav Santa Fe Salad has over a whopping 900 calaries, so now I've switched to their grilled shrimp lettuce wraps and a small bowl of chile or a wedge salad for under 600. A much better choice.
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1/3/2007
Santa Fe Salad;
Okay, yes I know... BJ's is a chain..God forbid..but... This salad is really good; it… Read more »
Love this place! This is the go to spot for me and my besties. Sometimes waiting for a seat near the bar or even for a table can take forever, but at the end of the meal, I'm always in a happy mood leaving BJs.
I recommend the white zin, "a drink like that", and the berry burst cider for drinks...yum yum yum.
And I just recently had the chicken pot stickers--not so bad--but my buddies and I always order the avacado eggrolls even if we're not that hungry! lol and if I'm feeling extra NOT hungry I order the chocolate chip pazookie. lol my favorite! everything else is good so I recommend ordering anything from the menu.
This place is cool. Kinda like a new watering hole for me. Just moved to Millbrae and found this place which is a bout 2 miles from my place. Next to a mall where I can buy my stuff and have an excuse to stop by and get some grub.
Been there twice now and the bartenders are pretty cool. They are quick to serve your drink, always helpful and a pretty good pour.
Food, I had a Cobb salad the first time I went there and I gotta say, it was pretty good. I think it was like 12 bucks, but it was huge.
Second time I went there I had the Cali Burger. MAN!!! I have never had a burger with Avocado. I must have avocado on my burger from now on.
The prices are modest. The drinks are a bit high for outside for a suburbia chain kinda place. But I have to say it was pretty good. I will be back.
Wait a minute, I think I have to go pick up some stuff at Target tonight, and maybe stumble upon the place again...
Oh BJ's I have tried REALLY hard to give you a chance.
Especially since Friday's closed you are the only reasonably priced, mildy tasty, something for everyone restaurant in the area outside of Denny's.
BUT you make it very hard.
First, wait time. Your hostesses are more concerned with gossiping than actually paying attention to flow of traffic or ACTUAL wait times. 15 minutes almost always translates into 45 minutes or more, I have worked in a restaurant before, its not that hard to guaged appropriate wait times, try it some time!
Then there is the service, some people are great, others aren't there at all, the name of the game here is LOTS & LOTS of waitng around. Countless times basic portions of my dish have been forgotten or appetizers not even ordered. It seems everyone is so busy running they hardly pay attention.
The food itself, is good for what it is, their brocolli cheddar soup, delicious, asian chicken salad, yummy, meatloaf sanwich awesome, their Blonde brew great.
If I could go here simply for the food and not for the antics of the staff it would be fantastic. I wish they would get it together, than I would most definitely frequent the restaurant. As it is now, I will stick to their take out, which I may add, isn't all that much better than in retaurant service, but at least it takes a 2 hour ordeal down to around 20-25 minutes.
Point is bring a good book! They will always keep you waiting and they are unapologetic for it.
My friend and her hubby took me here for my B-Day back in 2006. Don't ask me why I am just now writing a review. Maybe because I have a job interview with them tomorrow in Pleasant Hill @ the new location they are opening up. Anyway... the ambiance was great. Free refills on the Strawberry Lemonade I remember, because I don't drink sodie pop. I can't remember exactly everything i ordered, but I remember that big ass stuffed to the limit, baked potato!! Mmmmm... All and all, it was good, because if it was nasty, I woulda remembered.
I don't understand why, but BJ's is ALWAYS so packed. Hasn't the pizookie craze gone down yet? Seriously? And the beers are alright. Why can't we make reservations ahead of time? Someone needs to change that, because the first come first serve thing, ain't workin', and you lose business quick that way. I used to really like appetizers. But I think the quality has gone down due to the recession...? Happy Hour is always great though here. But if there were any OTHER bar availble in the San Bruno area...I would DEFINITELY much would rather go elsewhere than here.
I know I know, it's a chain BUT the food was good. I liked it. generous portions, came here a few times and each time I had a great time with the exception of one thing, waiting.
I'm a big fan of this place. Went there all the time in SD during college and was stoked to see when it first started popping up in the bay area. Can never go wrong with the bbq chicken pizza or that balsamic chicken w/mashed potatoes...and pizookie for dessert of course. Also love that they have wild berry cider - perfect bar drink with some happy hour pizzas.
My friend and I came here (my first time) and he told me about the chicago style pizzas. We came here for lunch and pizza and beer which sounded pretty good to my stomach. It was around 2pm we came here and it was low key and not so busy seeing that it was a brewery and kinda like a pub. We sat at the bar in front of the 4 screens of soccer, ESPN, more soccer, and skateboarding. We ordered the Southwestern which was a new item on the pizza menu and beer. The bartender had to talk to his manager because my ID was outta state (OR). It was inconvenient but it's protocol for them. Whatever.
The pizza was alright.. i think that's cuz i forgot to ask for tobasco sauce. haha whoops. But it was tasty and satisfied my palate. I was a little disappointed with the taste since my friend told me it was the best, minus a star. The amber helped me fill my tummy and get a little rosy in the face. I do like the fact that you can walk around in the mall after filling up the stomach. :D Minus a star since I don't come here enough so I gave it an Okay rating.
I guess if you can get in this place you may like it, but I know I will never set foot here. I had a party of 8 and called around 11 a.m same day. Well they only take reservations 24 hrs. in advance.
Go figure that one.
The girl told me call back 1/2 hour before we come that eve and they'll put our name on the list. So, I did. Then, that evening when I called she said it will be " 3 hours before we can seat 8!!"
In the Midwest they do this too- so that people hang out, buy drinks and appetizers and make the place look really popular and busy, when really it is just poor management and not much concern for customers.
We ended up in Burlingame , at Steelhead Brewery.
I have heard from people who have eaten at BJ's, that the menu is nothing special.
I know after this experience, I will never give them my business.
Great deep dish pizzas, good pastas, apps are good, the avocado rolls, spinach dip, mozzarella sticks. The portions are huge! But it works out cause then you have left overs. For desert the pazzokie is deeeeeeeelish! that's a must when coming here.
The place gets super packed, no matter what day it is. They let you call ahead for a table, so that's nice.
I'm sure I would go back even though I only gave it 3 stars.
I had their nachos, alfredo chicken baked potato, and black and white pazookie.
Nachos were okay only because I usually like mine meaty and theirs lacked it, then again the menu never said that there was ground beef or anything.
Chicken baked potato wasn't flavored enough. The proportion of chicken, broccoli, cheese, and Alfredo was not enough for the huge potato, therefore half of the potato was plain. I don't see a point in having a huge potato if no one wants to finish the rest of the plain baked potato.
I actually originally ordered a mini deep dish pizza,but after waiting 45 minutes I gave up an canceled the order.
As for the pazookie, I thought the cookie was way too sweet. I am not a big fan of sweet things, so it might be good to others who love cookies. I recommend it for kids only because a kid walked by my table and kept screaming and pointing "pazookie" 4 times.
I did not get a chance to order beer this time, but I will be excited to order their samplings of beer next time. Very clever idea to put on the menu!
Service - The girl that walked my bf and I to our table gave us a weird look because she wasn't sure if we were the people who might be under "Lawrence". I gave her the UHH OKAY? look because she didn't even announce the name yet. WEIRD. The waiters had great service.
I had to wait in line for 1 hour on a friday night for a table for 2! Pretty crazy, and I guess it is worth it for first timers.
I really like BJ's.
No really.
3.5 stars for the food (3 for the chicken fried steak and 3.5 for the Parmesan Chicken and 4 for the Oreo Cookie Pizookie--YUM) and nice atmosphere and the good service from Frank.
Plus: an Extra 1/2 star for something I see rarely happening: they brought out pieces of their deep dish pizza to serve people waiting for a table (which could be long. TIP: call ahead and reserve a place in line. They only do reservations for parties of 10+).
So between this location and their Cupertino location, I must've lucked out because I am really pleased overall with them.
I came to BJ's for my pre race meal with GG Saturday night . It was a great vibe in the spot and our bartender was GREAT! Shout out to Ruben who makes a mean Long Beach!
Ruben took really good care of me and GG drinks appetizers he handle the meal and still made drinks for others on the side.
We had the chicken wings and the spinach dip for appetitizers and they were so good. I love crispy and spicy chicken wings and the dipping sauce yum! The Spinach Artichoke dip was good too but I think I like the colorful chip better!
Me and GG ordered two sandwiches she had the turkey burger that looked very good with potatoe wedges and I had the grilled california chicken sandwich. This is a good sandwich but you need the avacado to make it complete! I know because I took off the avacado on one half of the sandwich.
Overall I can't wait to go back and get drunk at the bar ! haha just kidding!
Oh BJ's! I love you and hate you so much. I really only go here cause they have awesome music, and the avocado egg rolls and pazookie, but every time I try and bring someone here, we get totally jipped.
FOR INSTANCE, Last night I brought my boyfriend here for his birthday.
I told the Peasant working the front desk that it was a party for two, she made a weird face and was like "See, I can't even give you a quote time because there is a game" And I am like, what does that mean? She explains that its the laker game is on and its only the first quarter and that it could be as long as an hour, HEY MORON, THAT IS A QUOTE TIME. I ask her if we can at least have a pager, she says yes. We decide to wait it out. She was like, ok you'll have to come back in like 15 minutes for a pager. Whatever. So we can't have a pager? asshole.
We walk around and then go back in like 20 minutes. Still no pagers. This time its a different girl. and she is like I dont know come back in like 10 minutes.
We finally get a pager and the wait is only like 15 minutes.
Our waiter takes his sweet time getting to our table and then takes our drink order and appetizer order.
We get our appetizer order before our drinks. He comes by and asks how things are going and my boyfriend tells him I would like a water. He says sure no problem as if I hadn't ordered one and been waiting.
The waiter sucked. SUCKED.
He brings us boxes and neither one of us had even requested boxes and both of us were not even halfway done with our food. He didnt even ask us if we wanted dessert, which we most definitely did.
I don't remember anything after that, the service was dismal and the food was so overloaded with butter that I couldnt even eat mine.
Stupid BJ's.
Always a great place to meet a friend or more for a bite to eat and a brew. The service is hit or miss, often it's a little slow, but other times just fine and always friendly.
I love their pizza. A favorite of mine is the half a baked potato and wedge salad at lunch. Everything I've had here is really good.
For beer, I always get the Blonde, being a fan of Belgium style wheat beers. Never fails to quench!
Anytime I'm meeting anyone for lunch and we can't decide on a place, I always suggest BJs.
My only issue is that they often don't have servers for the outdoor seating area. But after ordering at the bar, someone will bring it out to you.
I had the California Chicken Sandwich, which was very bland and boring. Their home fries or whatever it was were huge and over-seasoned (read: salty). It's just another chain with american diner food. Burgers, salads, pasta, sandwiches. Large portions, overly-salty. Apparently they have beers and deep-dish pizzas too. *shrugs*
Service was not fast, and barely friendly (or caring). Our server forgot to refill the water glasses, brought us the bill without a jacket (everyone else got one!), and knocked over one of our water glasses.
Ambiance, very open, dim-lighting.
Go here if the rest of the mall is NOT open. (I'd rather eat at TanForan's food court which has decent food, and no need to worry about service, as it is self serviced.) Although, my date and I were greatly entertained by our neighbors and enjoyed the seclusion of our booth. ;-) *snickers*
This used to be our spot for Thirsty Thursdays....
Staff isn't bad, it's hit or miss, we've had good ones, bad ones, great ones, or not so great ones. Drinks are good, I'm a fan of their beer sampler and their girly beer. The deep dish pizza is really good and so are their humung-O baked potatoes. Oh ya, and who could forget the pozookie?!?! Save room for the pozookie, those things are worth it!



