Famous Door 2 — Restaurant in Aurora

TL:DR Not a place for a few casual games of pool and drinks on a Friday night. Rude and unhelpful staff.

Came in on Friday with my 21 year old son, ordered some drinks at the bar and headed down to 1 of 3 empty pool tables. Asked a reg if the table was open and he was cool, said it was, it was free and we had to get balls from the bar with an ID. Went back to the bar and asked to get some balls. Guy says he didn't think there were any open tables but let him double check. Asked the girl behind the bar with him who looked at him, looked me up and down, then looked back at him and said no. The guy then says "Yea we only have 2 empty tables right now and they are next to tables playing for championships. I'm not going to let you guys play there. No offense" Which is fine but the interaction did come off a little offensive, to be looked up and down to determine whether there was an open table or not. I mean i wasn't dressed to get into a club downtown but nothing that should be an issue in this sort of establishment. Went back the table and the reg asked why i didn't get any balls. I told him what the bartender said, he looked at the 3 empty tables then back at me with a look like what?! Then said some more tables would probably open up soon. Decided to see about playing darts but seeing as they were steel tip boards and we didn't bring any, I decided to pass on checking with the bar to see about house darts. Finished our drinks and headed up to close the tab. The guy asked my name and I told him "what?" the girl started to come closer. I told them my name again "what was that?" I told them again. Both bartenders talking over each "What was it?" This place was no louder than a moderately busy restaurant so at this point I allowed myself to show visible frustration and with an expression telling them I'm not going to repeat myself a fifth time I gave them my name again. The dude went back to washing dishes and mumbled "You may think you are talking loud but I'm half deaf" Which is fine but at no point was I asked to speak up nor did anyone lean in or come closer to hear me better. The girl went to the computer and came back less than 30 seconds later standing 5 ft away asked me to spell my last name. I guess despite giving my full name, my four letter last name being spelled with a Y instead of an I made it too difficult to look up in the system without me spelling it out for her. Went to the bar next door. Got some drinks, a pool table and the experience we were looking for. Ten minutes in a dude and his girl came in and asked if it was league night in a way that left me pretty sure they just had a similar experience to us over there. Although that was the first mention of league night I had heard. I'm fine with not getting a table cause you got leagues going on or whatever but the whole experience was pretty...

Don't eat the food or you will be hungry and disappointed. We also spoke to another patron who stated the food is never good, but that people mostly focus on drinks and playing pool.

We ordered the sampler so that we could test the food quality before deciding to order a meal. This included wings, jalapeño poppers, cheese sticks, and potato skins. Everything was room temperature except for the potatoes. Apparently, they put everything on the plate, not under a warmer, and waited for the potatoes to cook. Service took a long time, and they seemed to have only one person on staff serving on a league night. The poppers and cheese sticks were standard, frozen, out of a bag, cheap, non-flavorfull food that also appeared to have some freezer burn. The 4 wings were all small flats and no drumsticks. Not the worst, but I wouldn't go there for wings. The potato skins were awful and the menu says they are made in-house so you'd think they'd be somewhat decent. First, they are too sweet. Appeared to use yukon gold potatoes instead of russet. They were burned on the edges but not in a good, crisp way. There was no salt, no other spice or flavor, and no green onion. Just plain potato with a bit of cheese and what was supposed to be bacon. I don't know what that really was because it was flavorless crunch, again with no salt, and just not real bacon. We couldn't taste anything but mushy potato and burn. Worst I've ever had.

The server was friendly enough, and it's not their fault to be understaffed. Mgmt. should consider revamping the kitchen to attract more patrons. We will never return for food, which means we'll likely take our pool playing and cocktail purchases elsewhere as well. I know other bars serve much better bar food, excellent in some cases. I had wished for a better experience and hopefully they'll reconsider their...

Came here once when I first moved into the area. I was terribly unimpressed at the time and didn't go back for years. Yes, years. With an "s." But recently a friend joined a pool league that plays out of the Famous Door and one night I decided to head over and hang out for a little while while she played.

I didn't miss anything in the intervening years. The place still looked like it could benefit from a bulldozer more than a steam cleaner. I'll give it to the bar that the place was busy and the poor waitress running around looked like she was about to have a breakdown, but from what my friend said service it almost always terrible. What's worse, the bar isn't fully stacked and the food was abysmal. I mean, it looked abysmal. I didn't eat any but no one on the pool team seemed impressed by their order. Straight from the freezer to the microwave to the table, if you catch my drift.

And yes, Colorado law prevents people from smoking inside, but that doesn't stop them from standing right outside the door and huffing their way to a nicotine high. Then you have to walk through the cloud upon entering or exiting the facility.

If I never go back it will be too soon. But hey, if you like dive bars with gum and alcohol stained carpeting and dust dinosaurs hanging from the rafters, then maybe this is the place for you. I'll freely admit dives aren't...