DontBeEvil1

DontBeEvil1 t1_jdi3q8u wrote

Reply to Hard Grove is closing today by luxuryparking_

Good riddance! It's about time.

I used to LOVE Hard Grove back in the day, and would go there weekly (sometimes multiple times) when they were actually located on Grove. I knew the waiters and waitresses and bartenders, and their food and drinks were top notch. It was by far my favorite JC restaurant and hangout spot back then.

I patiently waited and closely followed all their trials and tribulations trying to get up and running at a new location, and returned years later when they finally opened at their current, soon to be closed spot. Most of the faces from the OG place had been replaced, with only 1 remaining. While she remained top notch, all the other staff was sub par, with the manager being one of the worst. It seemed as if her only function was to slouch at the bar and gossip and complain about customers and people in her life. The last time I was there, I had to eat my meal while listening to her loudly make fun of the appearance of a customer who had recently celebrated her birthday there. She made fun of this woman to another customer who was eating at the bar. Truly disgusting and inappropriate behavior.

Aside from that, the food was not quite the same and the drinks went from AMAZING at the OG location, to just plain bad. I went from going every week to once every couple of months to a couple times a year. Every time was a disappointment. The final straw was when I went about 6 weeks ago, and despite the place being empty, the service was still horrendous, the food took extremely long to come out, drinks and appetizers were bland, and when they brought out the chicken entree which had always been my favorite it had a bizarre rubbery consistency that I had never experienced before. After 2 bites I saw that the chicken was COMPLETELY RAW on the inside. 🤮 The bartender apologized, acknowledging that they weren't even busy so that shouldn't happen and told the manager. The gossiping, lazy manager just took the dish and said nothing. I cancelled the order and asked for the check. They offered me nothing, charged me for everything I already had and at full price, and in that moment I knew I would never be back. I also knew their time was limited because how could a place survive that is barely open, has bad service, serves bad, raw food and bad drinks and makes zero effort to gain, retain and please customers?

Hard Grove, it's sad it came to this, but your demise was a LONG TIME COMING.

BYE. 🤷‍♂️

And NO. I won't be visiting your new location. For obvious reasons.

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DontBeEvil1 t1_jddcn8n wrote

Reply to comment by Laraujo31 in Just moved here! by Katoncomics

Someone just posted a video from their window of a man getting knocked out cold on Newark Avenue, and others have been posting videos of someone purposely crashing a car, aimed at people, into Taqueria, but yea, and on the daily people complain about cars speeding through Downtown cross walks, almost murdering them...but yea, Downtown is safe.

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DontBeEvil1 t1_jdap7gl wrote

Reply to Weird guy by Grouchy-Bandicoot772

No. No one other than your friend has ever been followed, or been asked for a donation, seen a weird guy, or dealt with any unwanted attention from a persistent person. And definitely not near Grove Street. Let your friend know she's a unicorn.🦄

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