Park Street Pub and Tavern — Restaurant in Northfield

Went with my girlfriend (C) and another friend (M), for lunch. (C) ordered a Tavern Mountain Salad, I ordered a Northfield burger, (M) ordered a chicken dish whose name escapes me.

The waiter was polite and friendly but also new and clearly a little overwhelmed. He appeared to be taking care of several tables in different zones, and he seemed to be feeling the pressure.

M's chicken dish was ordered with a sIde of garlic mashed potato, which we were then informed the kitchen was not prepared to make. Switching to rice pilaf, that was also not available. The waiter offered fries, so she went with those, as did I, because fries and burgers kind of go together (and it seemed to be the only side they were prepared to make).

Food: Fries. The "fries" are actually not-crispy potato chips. That is, they are sliced like chips, a little thicker, but served soft, like fries. As far as I could tell, they were unseasoned and tasted like...well, thinly sliced, slightly soggy potato.

Both C and I ordered our meats medium. The both arrived very much well done, completely brown in the middle. Not even close.

Luckily, the burger managed to maintain some flavor despite being overcooked. That was probably thanks to the bacon and the cheese. It was not thanks to the barbecue sauce, which despite being part of the burger, was not provided.

I had totally forgotten about the BBQ sauce until after the meal when C mentioned it. Since I had eaten, I didn't bother complaining about it.

My "fries" were delayed, so they gave me a side of "cucumber salad" to hold me over (the burger would have done that, but it was a nice thought). It tasted like cucumber water, mostly. Completely unremarkable and absolutely unnecessary.

What's especially odd about the cucumber salad is that they also dumped a bowl of it into a little pile in my girlfriend's salad, where it absolutely did not belong. Who puts a salad in another salad? It's like they were just dying to get rid of it, which I can understand. It's hard to imagine a less interesting thing to eat.

Finally, there was a long brown hair wrapped around the broccoli garnish on my plate. Now, I realize that the odds of anyone eating a (possibly raw, it was very firm) broccoli with their burger and fries is pretty slim...but it's even less likely when it's wrapped in brown hair. Brown bacon, maybe.

Verdict: I'd like to believe this was just growing pains. They may have opened before they were fully staffed and ready, which would explain the lack of ability to serve mashed potatoes. Maybe the cooks are new, and don't know what "medium" is, or haven't mastered the equipment yet.

Unfortunately, it's clear that nobody is checking the food for quality or proper cook before it leaves the kitchen. Or they're awful at it.

The menu was too big for a Saturday lunch, in my opinion, which might have contributed to it's poor execution. A one-page lunch menu would be much easier to handle, especially if they don't have the staff isn't up to speed yet, or fully manned.

In any case, I won't be back here unless someone I know and trust tells me...

Nice to see they treat their customers so well for the most part. They aren't nice to their neighbors. Or maybe it's just me! Lol. Upon moving in they removed all of the bittersweet vines that had spent years growing on and near my fence also doing a bunch of damage to the fence in the process without asking. 😡They also removed the trees which gave the properties some privacy from each other. I let all that go. A few weeks after they open I thought I'd stop over on a Friday at 8:30 pm by myself. The owner tells me they ran out of food and had no room in the bar not even offering me a seat. 🤔So I left. A few weeks ago I go over during the day with a friend, the waiter was confused by just a few questions and really didn't seem to know the menu. I ordered the salmon. Worst fish I've ever had and I absolutely love salmon! It didn't taste like salmon at all, fishy on the edge of rotten. 😤 They took the dish back and told me they'd take it off the bill but offered me no other food so all I ended up with is some of my friends French fries and some of her left overs. Then the owner comes over and she realizes who I am starts complaining how messy my back yard is! Even my friend was blown away! If they hadn't cleaned out the trees it wouldn't be noticeable! The mess was there when they bought the place! Those piles actually had some meaning believe it or not thanks to my dad passing away but I won't get into that. And it is my back yard to have what ever mess I want. Nobody could ever see it before and it can't be seen from the road. If you had asked and got to know me instead of complaining you'd know I work full time, I have 2 kids to take care of full time as a single dad by myself. So just so y'all know yard work is my last priority not to mention how difficult it is to do with degenerative disc disease and 4 herniated discs. I eventually get it done. I sure the heck am not superman! So thanks for the food that made me nearly gag, crappy service and being a lousy neighbor. I've been here going on 20 years, you're the 4th restaurant I've seen there and I'm not going anywhere any time soon. It's not wise to piss off your neighbor and feed them rotten food that's tried to be nothing but nice to you. I certainly won't be back over to eat again! Terrible food, terrible neighbors, inconsiderate people! Neighbors see the truth! But hey inside the place looks great! 👍 Except for the missing piano! I hope the ghost isn't pissed off! 👻 It used to play that piano a lot. And who ever does the the yard work not so nice. I'm not looking forward to the skunks again either like every other time a restaurant has been there. Better have some...

Husband and I are locals and have been several times, each time getting worse... Over past 8 months tried to dine in 5 times, each time told 45 90 m wait.. got there at 5 on a Thursday, host checked if anything was open. 5 min later we were taken to dining area with 7 empty booths.....? Asked for crab cakes to start and were told it would be easier to be told what they don't have (25% of menu) settled for buffalo wings with ranch($15). wings tasted like plastic with orange color and homemade ranch was sour cream with a dusting of ..dill?with paprika garnish? Gross . Settled for steak tips, baked potato (we wanted loaded) and house veg. Tips were cooked proper hence half of the one star rating. Waitress looked at us like aliens when asking for loaded baked potato, and also when A1 sauce was requested (they have a very sugary diluted Worcestershire to offer in place) .potato came with two cold butter pats, asked for more, which came by the time the potato was cold. Veg was broccoli like you'd buy from the produce isle, only maybe warmed by the potato on the plate next to it....could barely poke with fork. Would have got second cocktail half way through but only saw waitress (not her fault being the only waitress taking care of the whole place, hence the other half of the one star rating) buzzing by. Would have ordered dessert but didn't want to wait another 20 min to be told they were out of that too OMG overall, just terrible.We will never go back, sad we wasted time and money and hope they...