Lab'n Lager — Restaurant in Keene

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I am a graduate of Franklin Pierce University and frequently return to the Monadnock area to visit friends who remain there. Since the Lab N' Lager opened in 2013, I have made a special point to stop in every time I visit. The food is decent and the beer selection is very good. As such, I have spent hundreds of dollars at this bar since it opened in 2013.

I visited this past weekend. I arrived around midnight with one friend. We sat at the bar chatting over beers. We had one and ordered a second round. During the middle of my second round, I got up and went to the bathroom. Having not been in some time, I forgot that the men's room is located between the two rooms in the front. I walked over to where the girl's room is and was confused that the men's room was not immediately nearby. Looking for the men's room, I opened a closet door and then looked around, found the men's room and went inside.

While inside, the bartender approached my friend, dramatically threw out my half-full SECOND beer - which I had paid for - and announced I was being thrown out because I was "showing signs of intoxication" and "walked into a wall." I, of course, never walked into a wall, and the claim that I was intoxicated was dubious at best. When I exited the bathroom, the door man was dramatically blocking the entrance to the bar area as if I am some sort of thug who was going tot ry and storm back in and make a scene. I was then told that I was being ejected from the premises. How embarrassing. My friend ushered me out. Naturally, I was confused and aggravated. I told the door man that he sucked - a contention which I stand by - and left.

Let us play devil's advocate and look at this from the bar's standpoint; the fact that it is a BAR that serves products which make people intoxicated not withstanding, an appropriate response would have been to politely inform me that I was not going to be served anymore drinks, offer me a glass of water, and allow me to sit for a moment rather than throwing me out onto the street. I had been sitting quietly, chatting with a friend. If I had been rowdy or rude, that would have been grounds for dismissal, but because I was confused as to the location of the bathroom? Get a grip, guys. It wasn't 5PM on a Wednesday. It was midnight on a Saturday. Of course anyone in a bar at that time is going to possibly seem a little buzzed or drunk! Luckily, my friend was driving, but what if I had been? If so, the bar would have put me in a bad position. The way I was treated and the way the situation was handled is absolutely no way to treat a paying, repeat customer.

I called the next day and spoke to the manager, Jamie. He attempted to console me by saying that I need not feel bad because I was "certainly not the only one who got kicked out last night." I am consoled only by the fact that with this horrible business approach of throwing anyone whom they suspect might even be slightly buzzed at, again, A BAR, will continue to alienate customers.

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