Recently, my
friends and I visited a popular restaurant in New Paltz, New York, called P and
G’s. It is located in the heart of the small town. Loyal customers make weekly
trips to this restaurant. It is a pretty typical pub with alcohol and food.
During the day, P and G’s is a restaurant, but at night it turns into a bar
with a night club atmosphere. At first I was skeptical about going; because of
the night life I assumed that the restaurant would be dirty. With all the
people that go there at night, this was an understandable assumption. I was
pleasantly surprised to be proven otherwise.
Stepping
into P and G’s I was immediately hit with the titillating scent of the grill. I
could smell the steaks and the burgers cooking. My stomach started to growl
because of this. It was on a Friday night around 6 p.m.; pretty much prime time
for the restaurants in town. We waited maybe two minutes before we were seated.
There were seven of us and we got a nice booth by the table. It over looked one
of the side roads off Main Street. Inside P and G’s is not too complicated. It
looks like it is made of wood and stone. On the wall are drink specials and
beer decorations, like a wood bat that says Budweiser.
There are T.V’s above the bar and around the restaurant, which was good because
my favorite teams, the Knicks, Yankees, and Devils, were all playing at the
same time and I got to watch them all. First walking in, you see a long bar to your
left and seating to your right. There is also a dance floor in the back that has
more tables on it during the day.
The menu is
also pretty standard for a pub. The Appetizers menu, or in the Beginning…, as they call it, is the typical one all pubs have;
Nachos, Mozzarella sticks, Buffalo Wings, Spinach and Artichoke dip, for
example. We got two orders of the Party platter,
which is a half rack of St. Louis Ribs, Wings, and Mozzarella Sticks. It
took us about fifteen minutes to get our appetizers, and only about five
minutes for a waitress. To drink, because we are college students trying to be
on a budget, we got pitchers of water for the table. I enjoyed to appetizers, but
it wasn’t anything special. The ribs were good but I did not like the wings.
The wings were drenched in sauce, and I thought it was too much. For the main
part of the meal I ordered a Reuben Sandwich: Corn Beef, Sauerkraut, Swiss
cheese and Russian dressing between rye bread. I ordered fries on the side. I
also ordered a Cesar salad. My salad came out first, and it was satisfactory. I
enjoy Mcgillicuddy’s Cesar Salads a lot more. The Cesar Salad at P and G’s cost
$3.95, and the sandwich cost $6.95. The sandwich was a good size, not too big
and not too small (for me at least). I finished that sandwich in minutes. It
was delectable. The fries were average but served their purpose as a snack on the
side. I was so full after that meal I couldn’t move for a couple minutes.
My friends
ordered different things. The classic BLT, a burger, “The P and G’s Club Sandwich”,
soup and salad, and the infamous, “The P and G’s Burger”. My friend ordered it that one. It was an eight
once burger with Swiss cheese, mushrooms, and gravy on a hard roll. It was the
first time he had ever ordered it and he loved every second that burger was in
his hand. It was monstrous, and I don’t think I could have eaten the whole burger.
“It was $6.95 of pure heaven,” said my friend, Dan. Everyone was satisfied with
their meal so no one ordered dessert. I only paid eleven dollars plus a two
dollar tip. It was pretty affordable. The service throughout the meal was
average. Although they never took too long with the food (it took about 20 minutes
to get our food) they did not make many trips to the table to ask if we needed
anything. My friend did not get ketchup and it took a while to get some. I
understood because there were only a couple waitresses and they were decently busy.
We also did not have enough utensils and took a couple minutes to get more. They
were very friendly when they did serve us though.
Over all I enjoyed
the meal and the atmosphere. I will most likely be going to P and G’s again. I
want to see if I can finish that whole burger. It was fun to go out to dinner
with my friends, and not have to eat that gross Hasbrouck food (the campus dining
hall). Also, the affordability is great for people with college student budgets.
After the meal we seat, talked and watched the games for a while. I asked my friends
what they thought about the restaurant, the food, décor, and the service, they all
agreed with me when I said it was average food but a good atmosphere. I had a
good experience at P and G’s and even though all the food isn’t spectacular, you
will enjoy your time there.
By, Tyler Mitts
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