The Tavern at St. Michael's Square — Restaurant in Greeley

I have been to The Tavern twice and I am sad to say I was dissapointed both times. The first time I went I ordered a margherita pizza which was not cooked all the way or cut all the way through, so I had to cut through a very doughy pie to get my slices. The tomatoes were not sliced but diced, which could be a personal preference, but the basil was chopped and, I'm assuming, cooked with the pie leaving it as just a thought and not as a centerpiece of a two topping pizza. Also, for $16.50, I was expecting a bit more pizza or something with higher quality.

The second time I went in I ordered a cubano, which ended up being more dissapointing than the pizza I had previously. If there was mustard on this sandwich I couldn't tell, but I could definitely tell there was globs of mustard seeds on top of the cheese and mixed with the flavorless and dry pulled pork. The mustard seed made the sandwich very bitter and did not blend well with anything else on the sandwich. The cappiculo, not ham, that sat on top of everything was too hard and the flavor was too overpowering for a simple dish like a cuban. There was no sign of mojo, the signature marinade in a cuban sandwich, which left me wanting. All of this combined with the fact that this sandwich had to be eaten open faced because of the plating made me very dissapointed. I don't expect every restaurant to have a plancha in the back but the least they could have done was toast it or pop it in a panini press for a few seconds. The fries were decent.

I also tried both of the mushrooms appetizers, choriza stuff and beer battered, and found them both to be uninspired and bland. The chorizo stuffed mushrooms were overcooked, leaving them flavorless and tough and the pepperjack cheese sauce on top did nothing for the dish but cover up how dry the chorizo was. The sauce had no flavor and I could not tell there was pepperjack. The beer battered mushrooms served only as a vehicle for the sauce as they had no flavor either. There is an earthiness that is desired in a mushroom dish and the fact that there was no flavor points to either low quality ingredients or a lack of cooking ability.

The drink menu is very good. They have a very healthy selection of cocktails and beers so if you're looking for a spot to have a drink this would be a good place. If you're looking for good food I would go somewhere else.

The Tavern at St. Michael's Square has a very nice decor, though a bit bright inside for a tavern, and plenty of televisions to watch while you're dining. The drinks are cheap and plentiful but the food is lacking, which after looking at the other reviews seems to be a...

This was hands down the WORST dining experience I ever had. This is somewhat lengthy, but it had to be. Here's how it went:

We arrive and get seated promptly. Over the next 30 minutes, I try 3 separate times to get the hostess to supply us with a server. After no servers coming by, I finally get tired of this and ask a passing waitress to take over our table. She says she will, and eventually comes by with some menus.

Now, this is trivia night, and every other place I've ever done trivia at does some type of drink specials. This place doesn't, which is irritating. I order a beer despite that, and my friend orders food. She gets some type of portabello mushroom sandwich. The food arrives after about 20 minutes, and its terrible. she eats half and doesn't touch the rest. The server returns and asks her how it is. She tells her its bad and her reply is "Yeah I know, right?" Then proceeds to talk about why she doesn't like it. This brings up two concerns. First, if you don't like it, why wouldn't you at least bring that up when someone orders. And second, if someone says they don't like the food, every restaurant I've ever been to offers to give you something else for free or comp the meal. This doesn't happen. I then remind her that I still don't have my beer.

She comes by again later to check on us, and I remind her that I still don't have my beer. It never comes, and she brings out the check. At this point, she finally realizes that she still never brought my beer, and offers to give me a free one. It was about 1 hour later. I down it fast, leave, and I don't plan on...

Ordered two different drinks off tap and while they tasted good, they weren't very cold..more like a chilled temp of 55°. So while not great in my eyes, whatever.

Food wise: gf ordered beer battered mushrooms and she said they were really greasy. I didn't pay much attention to it until I tried some of the batter and that's all I tasted was grease..it was like a sponge. The dipping sauce was a thick chipotle aioli and it mostly tasted of just mayonnaise--not good.

She got a Reuben with the special chipotle corn soup. You'd think the soup would be a cream based soup, but actually was broth based...odd. She had to add salt (she barely ever does that) to make it edible for her. It didn't really have any chipotle flavor either. Her Reuben she said was dry and the sauerkraut was not fermented enough.

I got their regular Mac and cheese and oh boy. This thing was swimming in a thick cheese sauce that I myself had to add salt and pepper to. And when I say swimming, I mean swimming. Don't get me wrong, I love sauce and love extra sauce on pasta, but this was so excessive I was separating the penne noodles from the sauce. While doing this I also was noticing the penne was way overcooked and would just break and peel apart from itself just with the movement of the fork. My bowl was just this goopy mess of thick cheese sauce and broken penne (I didn't finish it).

Needless to say, the meal sucked quite honestly. I would be willing to give it one more try, but I don't have high...