Holy Frijoles

Here's a story on Holy Frijoles:



One rainy Wed, I dined here wtih my your family (2 preschool-aged girls). We were seated promptly and walked by the HAPPY HOUR chalk-board listing $2 margaritas. One great thing about dining out with your kids is that you invariably catch happy hour!



We settled into the breezy bohemian ambience, enjoyed our margaritas and the girls snacked on complimentary chips and dip. The kids chose cheese quesadillas from the kids menu and we had a 'drunken' (smothered) steak burrito ($9.50) and chicken fajitas ($12).



The food was not very good quality. Nothing to commend the burrito and the chicken pieces on the fajita were a few huge chunks, not very refined or even tasty. The cooks were all 20s hipsters, so... If you are looking for better quality Tex-Mex I recommend Loco-Hombre in Rolland Park.



So the check comes out to $50 and I see that they charged us $12 for two margaritas and not the happy hour price ($4)! I ask the waitress and she says that "Happy hour is only at the bar". What?!? Have you ever been to a restaurant where happy hour was confined to the bar? I haven't and wasn't pleased. I paid the bill, left a 15% tip for mediocre service and, well okay, I over-reacted a bit and wrote:



"Happy hour @ bar only is Bullsh*t! Last time customer here."



Then we left.



And almost got down the street when this guy (who looks like an effete Jason Schwartzman) yells "Hey, are you too much of a pus*y to say it to my face!"



What?! He turns out to be the manager of Holy Frijoli and -- after resisting the urge to deck him in front of my young family -- I told him my piece that it was not right to engage in happy hour discrimination! I kept thinking - this undignified hot-headed loser is the manager of the joint?? Figures...



I ended up yelling at him as he walked back down the street to the restaurant "Oh, and by the way, your restaurant sucks!!!" Agreed, not my finest moment, but I stood up.



Numerous Hampden bystanding residents agreed that happy hour should be for the whole restaurant! And maybe they won't be going back either.