Great Wagon Road Distillery Waxhaw — Restaurant in Waxhaw

DO NOT GO HERE. My husband and I grew up here in waxhaw and we will never be back. We went out for dinner with our 6 year old and our 7 month old after eating dinner at Maxwells. We decided to go across the street and listen to some live music for 30 minutes. It was 7:30pm and the bouncer at the door let us in - he said he we had until 8:00pm with Littles. We decided to grab a table by the door and 1 drink. My 6 year old and I decided to dance to the live music for 15 minutes and had so much fun. We even had patrons remarking on how cute our kids were ect. At which the bartender took it upon herself to come out from behind the bar and “dance with us” and tell us we were not welcome and needed to leave. So she left the busy bar to come tell my son and I that we needed to leave and that she was not being “discriminatory”. We had purchased drinks etc and she told us we needed to leave. I looked at her in disbelief as she interrupted myself having fun and dancing with my 6 year old minding our own business and I told her she was being discriminatory as she turned her back and walked back to “her” bar. My son who was 6 years old was so confused and did not understand why we needed to leave. He did not understand how someone could be so mean to kick him out of somewhere (remember it was 7:30). I had to try and mitigate his tears as I explained to him that there are just mean people in the world. The bouncer apologized to us up and down. This was one of the live music spots to stop into but we will NEVER be back after this. Again, we have grown up here and will spread the word as this is never anything we would have expected with Waxhaw. This is our home town and it felt like anything but home. We walked directly next door to Jekyll and Hyde who welcomed us with open arms as I had tears in my eyes. Please go to Jekyll and Hyde before you go next door to this place and spend your money. Again, we are honest hometown people and will spend our money and donate where we need to but this is...

Ok. Let me preface this by saying I am from Kentucky. I have only drank really good bourbon for over 40 years. The bar is great. The music was great. The young bartender with glasses (female) makes terrible mixed drinks. Absolutely, undrinkable. I ordered an Old Fashion. In a 60 + lifetime, I have had probably hundreds. Maybe thousands. She poured whiskey, wasn't paying attention to bitters. No orange peel. Nothing else. So gross for 16 dollars. You are a new bar. You could be a great bar easily. Send her to bartender school or make her wash dishes. No kidding. The best old fashion, you say? A restaurant in Corydon, Indiana. The bartender said he was the best at making them. We ordered one each. 3 each later, he is the Old Fashion god. He was a bartender in the top bar in New York city. Figure out whether you are a flash in the pan or really want to succeed. Send her to bartender school. She is nice but great drinks mean...

I went with a friend to check out the GWR Distilling on a Saturday afternoon. I have lived in Waxhaw for a long time, and I am excited that there is a distillery. We sat at the bar, and the bartenders were very friendly and let us taste some of their bourbon. We each ordered an old fashion with the Rua. It was excellent. I was very impressed with the GWR Distilling in Waxhaw, and I look forward to...