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First of all, I have never gone in if it looked busy, so scratch that excuse.

I always pulled up to the bar, but never will again. I really can't figure it out. Several different barmaids, and they all ignored my presence to the point where I started wondering: do I have BO with a ten foot throw? is there blood all over my shirt and I look like an axe killer? What gives? I would follow them with a stare, making it seemingly impossible to avoid eye contact, but nope, they somehow found a way to walk past me once, twice, three times, four times five and even six times without ever ONCE acknowledging that I had come out of my way to enter their world and throw some money at them. Mind you, it's not that busy, and even if it WERE busy, damn it, just say hello, I'll get to you sometime soon. And this is not an isolated incident, or one particular girl. This is consistent behaviour, the bar's MO.

Then there's the beer. I love hops, double IPA's and such. Their IPA could be good, maybe it was good at one time (it won an award???), but hell, it is SOAPY. Sad little soap bubbles sit on top of it and try to pass themselves off as a head. And it tastes, well, SOAPY!!!

The food is fine. Not the dreamlike burger Father's Office has, but I really did enjoy the pork sandwich. I have come to find out that if you order fries with your sandwich, just learn to let go of any idea that $5 french fries should be crisp and crunchy. No no no, stop fighting it and just learn to love that heap of soggy slices of greasy potato, cause that's what you're getting. And when you send them back because they really really suck, and they still haven't come back from the kitchen even after you have oh so slowly eaten your sandwich, don't make the mistake of telling the barmaid that it's too late or you'll get an extra side of her attitude, no extra charge.

Too bad, so sad. The owner should visit Stone Brewery in San Diego and see how it's done. Maybe the "brewpub monopoly" the have on Ventura negates any need to change. Jesus on a stick, just say "Hi" when people sit down at the bar. Is that so much to ask?

I guess the whole service thing really gnaws at me. Way too much attitude, dude. That's why I give it an overall "soso".....

I only had the chance to try the Red, which was very pleasant indeed. The food was nicely prepared and certainly hit the spot with this reviewer. Service was excellent, nice friendly folk who enjoy what they do.

If I ever get the opportunity to visit Ventura again, I'll certainly give this place another visit - but leave the car behind so I can fully "test" the place!!

The Beers were surprisingly great. I had my usual Red but it was a bit heavy for the delicious BBQ Chicken Sandwhich I had.

The service can get a bit slow on the patio but the waitresses were nice once you flagged them outside.

They do sell Crawlers for $15 also if you want to take some beer to the beach with you. It reminded me of the Manhatten Beach Brewing Company in Manhatten Beach California but without a view of the Sunset.