Latest update from January 2022: We gave Black Sheep another try last week and it seems like it’s back to it’s old self. Two staff members behind the bar who were responsive and interesting in being helpful and it didn’t shut down strangely early. I’m moving my rating back up to four stars and would recommend this place if things stay stable.

Old Review from around June 2021: This used to be our regular Monday night before the pandemic and it was always a great place to get a pint and hang out with friends. Tonight was a different story. We waited over ten minutes at the not busy bar to get a basic beer order in for our first round while the bartender talked to his friends and slowly unloaded a dishwasher before helping us. Then at a little before nine the bartender said it was last call and immediately went outside to put away the chairs and umbrellas before taking any orders. When he came back in fifteen minutes later he said it was too late to order anything else. He gave us attitude like we were asking for something unreasonable. It’s clear he had no interest in helping customers and just wanted to get out of there. We cleared out and had a couple more pints with the super welcoming staff over at Barrel House where it was clear they wanted our business. Looks like until Nlack Sheep gets some better staff who act like they want customers there it’ll be off our list.

UPDATE around January 2022: it doesn’t look like there’s a way to reply to the owner’s response so I’ll comment here. To be clear, there were no other staff members to to talk and let know what we needed as the other person working behind the bar was also initially ignoring us and when the bar tender went outside she disappeared too. Honestly I chalk this whole situation up to service industry workers who are burned out from all the challenges of COVID. It’s been almost six months so I think we’ll give it another try and see if it’s recovered to it’s old level of service. We like Black Sheep and want it to be successful but based on that last experience couldn’t recommend it to others at that point.