Tavern of Independence

They did have a huge sign on the front that said "Now Hiring All Positions", so we should have taken that sign more seriously. It is unfortunate that so many restaurants are so understaffed now. We arrived at a few minutes before 5pm on a Friday and sat on the patio. The patio was full at that time but the inside was mostly empty. We got drinks after a little wait and we wanted to order meals but our server did not come back for a long time Our server took our food order at 6pm and i thought she said there were only 2 people working that night. She brought our food out at about 7pm, so we had been there 2 hours. By this time they were much busier inside. My wrap was just ok and the tater tots were so salty I could not finish them. Another person in our party could not eat her fish because it was so overcooked. They did take that fish off the bill though. I still left a generous tip because I did not think it was the servers fault. Also, the music was playing so extremely loud the entire time that we were there that it was difficult to converse and we had to shout. Then at about a few minutes to 8pm, there was an overwhelming stench of rotting garbage outside on the patio. The smell was so strong that we left. I looked around the outside of the building as I drove out of the parking lot and I did not see any open dumpsters, so we were unable to determine the source of the odor. I will not return.