Jeremy "my yelps have heated seats" K.'s Profile

3 stars for a decent chicken parm.

well now that im almost a local, i guess i should get to it and yelp this town. well not the town, this pizza place within the confounds of my new location. well soon to be location, whatever, just get to it already!!!!

so i got the 8inch chicken parm, my take? fine.  plus, i like how its actual chicken and not machine separated chicken particle board pucks, pass on those btw.  minus for a too chunky sauce. hey, you may like pieces of tomato and onions in your sauce, i do not.  you may like my yelping, you may not.  see how that works?

the inside of this place, which is buried behind a bunch of other business, is nothing exciting, i took it to go.

price is comparative as to what else is in ct, re: redic!  7.50 or so, this should really be a 6 buck item imo, but keep taxing me ct, keep taxing me...

3 maybe 4 stars, but with 200+ reviews, what does it really matter?

I went here to see the pats vs. jesus game, good times, not so much for any broncos fans, but they werent there anyway.

by the time we got there, it was about 430 or so on a sunday. colleges just let out, so i bet that had something to do with the ease of parking/no lines/etc.  pretty quiet inside, sure there were fans here and there.  they have several tvs, hd quality which is important.  they also have the grand viewing screen for i guess the lucky party who gets there early enough, we did not.  I was sitting at a high top smack in the middle of the place, it was tough to focus on the game as there were 6 other tv's showing 3 different games.  was that their fault? no, but i wish the viewing was less stimulating.

I had a few pops while i was there, good selection, i had this peak organic nut brown ale, pretty good. they had several others i would have like to try, but the whole driving thing was also important to me too.

I had their fish tacos for dinner, not bad, not great.  i think the catfish fillets they use could have been a touch better quality, but all in all good.  others had the burger, which i would have liked, and the fries they served look awesome.  they also have sweet potato puffs, which i really wanted, so i ordered them on the side, and i got sweet potato fries instead, which came from a bag, you can tell.  the puffs would have also, but i wanted them!!! no worries, it was ok.

service was decent, for a dead sunday night, i expected a little more, but so is life.

that is all.

2 stars, hey, i think thats the best i can really give a car dealership. i have no qualms doing so and its not cause im a jerk, but because the root of any car dealership review is that they are still a car dealership, got me there?

ok, so i did actually buy my lesbosled from this place, buh bye kraut-wagon, hello awd!  I have been to a few subaru dealers in the last 18 months looking for the right deal on the right car, this was no snap decision. I had been on line looking at vehix or cars or subaru itself and did a web search, you know the kind, put in some information in order to get the information you need, namely the price.  village's Internet guy, dave mack, did a great job harvesting my contact information. i say that as i only provided this search engine with my zip code and first 2 letters of my last name, and lo and behold, this guy is calling my house.  what was the phone number i provided? 508 867 5309, catchy huh?  that is really not my phone number, but this guy found it, some how, and i guess thats really how i landed up buying here, so dirty deeds indeed done right.

i was quoted a fair price from what i have seen and was told the exact thing i wanted was only 2 shipping days away, so i hopped into the dealership and dealt with traci, who is nice, but still has that 'what can i do to put you in this car' vibe, whateves, thats the nature of the beast.  I was quoted and prepped by the internet guy, so i had the number, make and model of my desire, so she had the easiest sale ever.  I sat down to start on the paperwork and was told the exact car i wanted really came with some extras stuff i didnt really want, a license plate holder and a cargo tray. they were going to charge me extra for this stuff and i was able to negotiate a difference with the add ons, which was good, but i was thinking i was going to use that haggle on the stuff i had only wanted, but in the end it was still the same price i was quoted.  The irony here was when i came to pick up the car when it came in, it didnt even have the cargo tray inside, that came separately meaning i didnt really have to buy it, but i did and hence why a car dealer will always be a car dealer.....

i did have heated seats put in aftermarket, to my dismay, this job, although given a loaner, did involve me driving back after work (an extra 45 minutes) and they drove my brand new car 100 miles back and forth to bridgewater in order to have the job done. bs in my opinion, but thats why its why.  

lastly, they were suppose to have the car inspected and registered when i came back the next day, guess what didnt happen?  no worries, i had the car inspected on my own as their sales manager said he would reimburse me the 29 bucks as that is part of the doc fees i paid already.  after waiting a week for the check, i called the dealership, left a message, didnt hear back, called the next day only to find out they never mailed my check and only after i called 6 times did they finally mail it out.

in closing, its a fact that youre going to have to deal with this type of establishment if you want a car. my opinion is though, if you go in armed with a checklist of previous issues that you dont want to happen you can head them off at the pass.

oh and as soon as the ink dried, subaru improved all of their incentives, doh!

5 stars also, sure, its the holiday season and whatnot.

speaking of which...do you have a nerd in your family or are you a nerd?  do you find yourself wondering where all the nerds hang out when the sun goes down? can you name the entire class of the justice league?  well then my nerds, you can find what youre looking for right here at thats entertainment.

now i sure as hell should have been paid in zelda belt buckles for that last paragraph, but im not a paid endorser.  in fact, i dont think they are going around telling their clientele that they are in fact nerds, but lets call a cardflopper what they really are, shall we?  

its very overwhelming once you come in, but the staff is friendly, the inventory is vast and the smell wasnt as pungent as it was only a monday morning and not a friday night magic tournament, so keep both those fun facts near and dear to yourself and i think youll have a grand old time here.

sorry to see worcester is about 30 years behind the curve, but thats a good thing as this could have been a dunkin donuts if it had been a boston.

w00t!

oh and #420!!!!!!

yea 5 stars! nerds look out.

so i am happy to stumble over this joint while getting my windshield fixed (long story follow up later ok)  after you get past the 10 foot high chain link fence (which must have cost a lot, i just paid for a chain link fence myself!) you are welcomed by thousands of hard to find and unique cds, vinyl, games, and vhs/dvds.  Way too many for me to peek at while i was waiting for my repairs, but if your a local or a loner with lots of time to kill, here is a great place to do so.

everything is where it should be for the most part, the only time burglar you can expect are the cd's of the week that are new purchases, they keep them right in the front.  its not alphabetized nor organized in any other way then the day they were bought from who ever needed money that day, so good luck with that.  I mean, if you wanted to commit, you could scan everything they have there on one day and then as new stuff comes in, just scan over those to make sure you arent losing out on any tasties, your choice.

I picked up an out of print beasties ep and a recording of phish doing dark side of the moon, looking forward to the 60 minute drive home to enjoy one of them at least.

1.5 and  as its a car dealership, im letting it go to one and i feel fine about that.

So i had a pal who knows a guy who knows a guy, so i felt it was worth my time to make the 40 mile trek to the south shore, i was wrong.

I walked in and asked to speak with the gm, who was the friend of a friend, we wasnt there, but dr teeth, the assistant gm was, corey is his name, also a pseudo friend of a friend. he had me speak with the next shark in line, joe if i recall.  

I told him i was looking at their 2010 used foresters, i had done my research and this is what i wanted, well, thats about what i wanted and around the price i wanted to pay.

we sat at his desk and we went through the standard spiel about this, that, your mother (just checking if your even reading this)  i told him off the bat, this is what i saw and this is what i wanted to look at. they by the way didnt have a single new forester on the lot, this was 3 weeks ago btw.

we headed out to look at the fleet of 3 used foresters and i decided on the one i wanted.  we drove it, small talk etc.  after i was done, the games began.

look salesguy, i want this car, but i want a deal, ok, no deal.  really? you arent into giving me a deal at all? nope.  ok, let me speak to this supposed in charge guy. i should have just walked then too.

so corey, the ass gm walks in, this is when i figured that whole referral and 40 mile drive was going to pay off.  umm, no dice. nothing, no movement.  in fact, i have yet to find a more condescending sales jerk in a looooong time, and ive been looking for a new car for a few years now.  everything i said he pulled out the big book of overcoming objections and thats just what he said, standard, no passion in it at all. at least pretend the buyer is an important part of the sales business. nope, just him and his large teeth letting me know that his product was heroin, i was going to pay whatever it took to get it and thats the way it was going to be.

ooh i loved this part.  at the table i told them both i wanted a cheaper price, and the sales guy attempted to get me to account my trade as a liability instead of an asset to lower the price and thats when i realized i was driving the jetta back home at least one more time.  its really too bad there arent like 19 subaru dealerships in the area and this was my only choice.

/sarcasm

3 stars, could have been more, but service took this yelp down a peg.

I met the rents for brunch at 10am on the nose, just when they opened, i would say good thing, but there wasnt an abundance of people waiting even after we sat for a couple of hours, so getting there early isnt a biggie.

we were met by a friendly waiter, good sign, unfortunately, his lack of follow through hurt this place.  i know, i know, but guess who was a waiter for a few years? yes, this jerkwad, so save me the riot act.  no follow up on the meal after two bites. i asked about getting a child waffle, for my child, he said no problem, well it was the adult waffle at a lofty 8 bucks. i told the wife she could share my homefries after she put in the order, he was right there in our conversation, they still came out. etc. oh well, fortunately we sat and caught up with the fam for two hours for the standard 15% my father habitually tips(and this time i didnt feel bad about it)

the food, the obvious reason we were here, well was sorted. plus, my eggs were fluffy and the bacon was pretty good.  the home fries were peppery, which i didnt mind, but the mom couldnt stand, she even asked the waiter no spice (see above) and didnt touch them much. she also tried the duck hash, which i would touch. she was not impressed.  mer's chocolate chip pancakes were average, minus for not putting the chips in the batter themselves. dad ate everything and i think some of the condiments, so hes no indication of the meal itself. they also gave some plates a homemade biscuit, it was very good, but with a few kids dangling off of me, it lost its allure.

they also had a very cool bloody mary bar which although i didnt partake, could be a big plus if your into that sort of thing.

i would go back, maybe cross my fingers for a better waiter, but the food was ok.

4 solid stars for this mysterious pizza place. i say that as Ive never actually been in there, but i have now had their take out twice.

first go at it was a classic cheese pizza. It was a toss up between roma and annas and ive never had either, but the consensus was this was the place for za.

now i have no idea where the cut a pizza into a grid fad started, but ive seen it a few times here in ct.  the pizza is Neapolitan, ie italian, not greek, and it was good! nice cheese, flavorful sauce, thin balanced crust.  just keep in mind pro grid pizza fans, the middle grid pieces dont ratio well with the 85% crust grid piece, hence why the slice is a perfectly engineered vehicle for pizza consumption, try it sometimes.

the next day we got take out again, this time I opted for a chicken parm.  it appeared to be nice few pieces of cutlet, again, solid sauce maybe a little light on the cheese, but lots of food overall.  i ordered blind not ever having a grinder from there, but with a small and that was a good 12 inches i would say a large is too much (maybe split one between two peeps.) overall,  good bread, but i pealed a bunch off.  i was on the job and didnt was too much lunch to loge me down.  
price is pretty high, i do know that two small subs and a coke was like 20 bucks in itself so use that as an index.  i did glace over the menu, has some potential.

stop the #

surprised i didnt already review the twin river casino, but thats the nice thing about yelp, it tells you, write a review, and here i am.

so what is it about this place that would draw you to visit instead of sun/fox?

did you see my answer? exactly, there isnt one.  not a great place by any stretch of the word, not even a good place. im not asking to walk out a winner, thats not what gaming is about (would be nice though every so often) but smokey townies isnt what i would really consider a goto destination.  i could easily see the upcoming ma casinos going in this direction, so if your reading this chairman of hardrock/harrahs/etc dont go there.  provide a fun place with GOOD odds, and take your slice.

havent tried any of the restaurants, ive never even gone up to the second floor.  does anyone win big here?

3 stars, although as i write this, its got a 2 star review, so without reading them (yet) i could see how Wasabi could slide into eek-land.

i was without power and without work for the day (no-powered out! yay!) but without power at home, its like winning the lottery for 85 cents. so i got in the car and headed to the collection in hopes of a whalers bummer sticker (no luck btw.)

i saw this place once before, but i was solo this go around *foreshadow* and wanted to get my sushi on.  cute concept, the yakima or whatever the food on a belt thing is called. obviously this place didnt invent this round d' go fish delivery on a conveyor belt.  i found it entertaining at the very least, ive never dined in this kinda of format.

so you get sat, i was at the bar, and the waitress brings you sauce, wasabi, and ginger, and then, or even before in some cases, you take little plates off the belt  as they pass.  the plates indicate the price and you add it up as you go.  they also have a pretty extensive menu with a bunch of other ala carte items. expect 3 or 4 at the least.  

i waited and waited for a tekka roll to roll on by, no luck, but the waitress took my request and poof, one tekka ($3). the roll was small, 6 slivers and well more rice than fish. i really wanted it to be on the line though, zoom goes the food.  some other items, shrimp tempura roll ($5), tuna nigiri ($4) and, from the menu, seared tuna($5.)  small prices for small portions, so those 4 plates didnt fill me up too much, a few hours later i could chow.  i know when i leave zen320, i am not eating the rest of the day.

ok, now what of those potential bombs of a rating. perhaps it was that  there were kids everywhere.  kids eat sushi?  some did, and i thought that was cool, but a lot didnt and watch the 3 year old in the booth right across the zip line indulge in a loud sniff followed by an audible ewwww doesnt do it for me.  in fact, parents, if you are going, you sit on the inside and assist them with the item selection, dont let them get all up in the foodbelts grill.

did i think this was a tremendous deal? no, 17 bucks in gills is 3$$$ territory in my opinion, and, AND! 2 bucks for hot tea. isnt that a pre req for sushi?

i am fin.