Last night March 17th, 2017, St. Patty's Day, my husband and I went to The Tinkers Son for our annual Irish dinner of the traditional Boiled Dinner:cabbage, carrots, potatoes, parsnips, and corned beef!! And, of course, a couple of glasses of Guinness to celebrate the day!! However, we were so very disappointed last night, that we will probably go elsewhere next year!!

We never minded the wait, an hour and a half was no problem. We had a Guinness and listened to the great Irish band, and people watched!! But, last night it seemed like the restaurant was more crowded than we've ever seen!! Not safe!!! I wonder how this restaurant gets away with this!! Where's the town ordinances? Is the local fire department aware of this over- crowding event every year?

I'm afraid my first sip of the Guinness was not quite what I expected and am accustomed to from a Guinness!! I suspect it was watered down a bit!! I did not get that thicker, creamier Guinness that I enjoy, and the flavor was very weak. I don't know for sure if you can do that, but after my husband sipped his Guinness, he said he thought I might be right!

Then we finally get seated at a what seemed like a "card table" with 4 folding chairs squeezed in among tables with the wooden chairs.

Our waiter was very nice, we have no problem with him. However, when he placed our plates or bowls down in front of us, all I could say is "where is the beef?" We had two 4-5" strips of the corned beef! In previous years we always had a generous serving of plenty more !! Also, these vegetables were barely cooked!!! How disappointing this meal was last night. Cold hard veggies and short on the meat serving!!! Dessert was an apple crisp/pudding buried in a big scoop of vanilla ice cream. We had decided to skip the coffee and tea we usually have. It was the perfect ending to a disastrous dinner.

Sorry Tinkers Son, we'll miss going there!!

Kathy Grant Petrelli, Hull, MA