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DirectorBeneficial48 t1_jc1uzah wrote

Dunno if covid fucked em, but they had great food before then. Took my dad there for his birthday a couple times and we both really enjoyed it.

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Jahooodie t1_jc217jq wrote

Post COVID the service suffered really bad in late 2021/22. Went for the outdoor dining a few times last year, and things like not getting the coffee I ordered until the meal was already over or 1 of 4 entrees coming out 15 minutes later made it feel bad. The food also didn't seem as tight, but that may have been nostalgia. My partner & I decided it was basic enough new american food, often an hour wait, and the bad service killed it to the 'no longer consider' list.

Downtown could still use a better basic new american take your parents to brunch place.

They've run a few places, hopefuly they can nail the post-COVID price/service/staff thing down at their next place.

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PrincipleOfMoments t1_jc2paw5 wrote

Exactly.

The food used to be so good, you could overlook the service issues they always had.

But, post-COVID, the service got much, much worse and the food quality/consistency dropped, which caused me, and obviously a lot of others, to cross it off of their list.

Additionally, in my opinion, LH was an owner-driven place, and once the owners shifted attention to their shiny new toy in JSQ, things at LH suffered, as is often the case in such situations.

Come to think of it, I notice there was no mention of Emma's in the LH farewell post.

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garth_meringue t1_jc336c0 wrote

>basic new american take your parents to brunch place

Isn't that Mathews?

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Jahooodie t1_jc36d6n wrote

Pretty much yeah.

Unless you have a punk rock mom then you could just get lucky 7 tachos & a tall boy. I don't want to assume everyone's mom is as picky & straight laced as mine

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