I've been here twice now, it used to be Pug Mahone's. They have a nice selection of craft beers and they've done a reasonably nice job with the interior. The low rating comes from my experience on my second visit. \n\nWanting a late-afternoon burger, I sauntered over to Baldwin St. Grille. Upon entering I noticed immediately that it was quite cold, maybe 55 degrees and that the place reeked of smoke from the wood stove. This is not what you want on a cold and clammy April day. I sat down at the bar and noticed that everybody in the place was fixated on a soccer match, blaring from two large screen televisions, and that they all seemed to be somehow buddies with the owner. I got no service until the owner directed the bartender to help me. \n\nI ordered the special, the black and blue burger and fries. The burger was absolutely excellent. I can't complain about the food, but the cold was really getting to me and I was completely put off by the clubby atmosphere. I felt very much like an outsider in some other guy's basement. No one ever asked me how the food was, if I wanted anything else or if I wanted a second beer. When I finally decided it was time to go, the bartender was busy dawdling at the other end of the bar, paging through a catalog and futzing with some other thing. \n\nI would say that the experience was definitely one of the least professional restaurant serving/bartending experiences I've had and that the bizarrely cold, clubby, dark and oddly smoky atmosphere will keep me from going back again unless someone drags me there.
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