Food: Nachos - You know those nachos that are covered in cheese, and there's even a layer cheese sauce underneath the melted cheese layer, and it's paired with some delicious salsa, sour cream, and toppings?Yeah, these are NOT those. These were some of the driest, saddest nachos I've ever had. Please don't trust the other reviews stating they were good, they were trash. The salsa was diced up tomatoes with white onion. The chips were not salted. When ordering, I even asked the server if there was a way I could pay for extra cheese. He said 'absolutely.' If these were extra cheese nachos I'm concerned about the normal nachos. Attaching a pic of more than half my chips not having any cheese or toppings.

Onion rings - I would say these are homemade, which is a plus. However, they're also inconsistent. We bit into an onion ring and our mouth filled with what felt like sand. Essentially the onion ring mustve caught extra breadcrumbs and made this pocket of dry breadcrumbs in the center of the onion ring. We cut into another, same thing. Server seemed nonchalant about it like it happens often. OK, cool. These, too, are unsalted.

French Onion Soup - this is some of the darkest broth I've ever seen for this soup. It almost had this burnt or stale taste. Not burnt like melted cheese in the broiler, burnt like the broth stayed on the stovetop for too long. Maybe 3 onions in the entire crock. Disappointing.

Atmosphere: A quirky collectors tavern. Dark inside but with cool features like stained glass windows, different floors for seating, church pews as booths. Not the most size-inclusive...im over 6 feet tall and could barely squeeze into one of the booths.

Service: meh.

Host seemed bothered by our arrival, threw down his phone. Another customer approached him and told him the bathroom was out of paper towels. He barely acknowledged her and without even looking her way just said 'OK'

Overall:

Seems customers are leaning into the nostalgia and overlooking some glaring opportunities. Have gone here maybe 5 times, likely won't return unless I have no other option.