Spanky's Shenanigans — Restaurant in Leesburg

I have dined here a handful of times in the past. Today, I returned after being informed that this place serves the best burgers on this side of the Mason-Dixon. Upon my first bite into the burger I ordered, I was immediately overwhelmed with emotion. Imagine that scene from Disney Pixar's 2007 animated feature film "Ratatouille" where the food critic "Ego" decides to give Gusteau's restaurant a second review, and is served ratatouille. He tries the dish and has a flashback to his childhood, feeling waves of nostalgia and comfort. My experience was akin to that. In the movie, the ratatouille is referred to as a "peasant dish". I believe that basic is often better, and that you cannot beat the classics. I wanted a simple, humble cheeseburger, and Spanky's delivered much more than that. In all seriousness, it had that taste that most chain restaurants can't capture. A taste that only small town spots like this one can provide. It is reminiscent of a burger grilled at home in the backyard by your Hawaiian shirt sporting dad in a distant Summer. It is as delicious as it is comforting to the soul. On a scale of 1-10, out of all the cheeseburgers in the universe, I happily and gleefully slap it with a solid 8. I had a basic burger with the usual fixings, but they do offer many unique sauces and other add-ons. Additionally, I also highly recommend the "Loudouner" (country fried chicken steak), as it is outstandingly delicious and served in a...

Ya know. I know this is a cool hangout. The waitresses are fantastic. The atmosphere is cool. But I decided to treat myself to dinner-something I never do. And it was AWFUL. I had a steak dinner, added shrimp (but didn’t receive them), sautéed broccoli and Mac and cheese. The steak should’ve been medium well and it was so raw I couldn’t chew it. It was completely absent of any type of seasoning. The Mac and cheese. Honestly. It’s better from the box and lacked any seasoning or flavor. The sautéed broccoli not only tasted microwaved, but had the texture of microwaved. Completely devoid of any type of seasoning whatsoever. I paid about three extra bucks for each side because they were considered “special” sides. And the Mac was the only thing I ate from the meal because ALL of it sucked. I paid $50 ($15 tip) for a meal that I could’ve paid $20 to cook at home and it would have been edible. And I’m not even trying to be aggressive or crappy when I say any of this because I like the place. The meal just sucked that badly. There’s been 3 times in my life where I’ve eaten out and considered it garbage. This is one of them and at the top of the list bc literally not one thing was cooked properly or seasoned or enjoyable-and Part of my order was missing.

The only thing I don’t regret about this meal is that I considered ordering a steak for my dog and decided against it, but she ended up...

Went here after a wedding, so I understand why they may be annoyed. Someone in our group had to use the bathroom after we had already left and the bouncer would not let us back in, even after explaining it was just to pee. This was after a group of 18-25 people had spent several hundred (probably upwards of $1,000) dollars. Because of this, my friend pee’d outside (what else can ya do) and 3-6 cops stopped her and held her for about an hour. Yes, this is also our fault and lazy Leesburg police on a power trip, I’m not blaming this entirely on the business but an unnecessarily serious situation could have been avoided if the 5ft 3in bouncer wasn’t on a power trip himself. However what harm would it have done to let 1 mid-20’s girl use the bathroom that we can see from the entrance, after we were responsible for a significant amount of revenue that day. No issues with the place itself, from what I remember the bartenders were nice even though people in my group had negative experiences. Absolutely reeked of cigarettes tho so if you’re not into smoking or insecure bouncers I’d find...