Bar Mash — Restaurant in Charleston

Before we got in the door a lady said we are at capacity. Note seats open all over. We said ok but went inside it was freezing. My husband went to get the car so we could leave. I stood beside the door texting about a review of another place and the lady come at me asking me what I said. I said: I was not taking to you. She said you are going to have to leave in a very mean way. I said why. She said because you are problem! I said how? Took my phone out to record her because she was being aggressive about it. She said I am going to call the cops. I said why I am just waiting on my husband to get the car. She said, YOU see all these people outside, I said yes, and I am leaving in a minuet myself what do they have to do with me. Then she opened the door and while standing in the warm was making all the people outside give her their ID? I then left because I husband came but I have never experienced such a rude vial service before in my life. She was mean, angry, and for no reason. Probably thought I was taking about giving them a review but that is not excuse she has no business in the service industry, this was at night one December 21st. I am posting this on social media because no one should be treated and threatened the way this mean...

I'm conflicted. Place is cool, bartenders are cool, but they are inconsistent. If you order the same Bar mash cocktail from a different bartender that you just had from the other one, it's totally different. The lady bartender I had clearly followed recipes as they were intended and I appreciated it. The male bartender was nice but he takes too many liberties trying to fancy up the drinks he makes when there are standard recipes. Examples - their Leisure Spritz when made by the lady is sparkling and in a wine glass over ice - as a spritz should be. When you get one from the male, it's shaken and strained straight up into a coupe glass, is flat, and overly sweet. When you ask for an Aperol spritz, the lady does it as God intended - Aperol, sparkling wine, splash of soda. When the male makes it, he adds extra things - I assume citrus juice of some sort and some kind of sweetener maybe. It was overly sweet, not recognizable as an Aperol spritz, and barely tolerable to drink.

My guy, you're cool, but please don't try to be extra fancy and show off your skills or make drinks how you like them, make them as intended unless asked otherwise. If I'm paying $13-14 for a cocktail from the menu I'd like to get that exact...

Mercantile and Mash are separate entities owned by the same company operating out of Charleston’s historic cigar factory building (701 East Bay Street) where striking workers first sang “We Shall Overcome”. Mercantile serves an all-day breakfast along with soups and salads and an extensive list of hot and cold beverages (coffee, tea, and smoothies) starting @ 7am weekdays, 8am on weekends. From 10am until close (mid to late afternoon) every day they also serve sandwiches, bowls, charcuterie, etc. Bar Mash opens daily at 4pm for Happy Hour featuring a daily whiskey selection ($3), Miller High Life draft ($2.50), glasses of wine ($6), chips and house made queso ($5), $7 burgers, and $4 soft pretzels. But the fun really starts with its evening events: Wednesday is Burger night (get a Mash Burger, fries and Miller High Life for $12); Thursday night from 7-9pm is team trivia night (free to play, chance to score a gift card for a future dine); Monday’s Prime Rib and Live Music special features huge slices of prime rib, onion rings, and a baked potato or salad (shown here) for $29. A live band plays from...