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Rick Mahler Lafayette (not West)

Fact: The BRBP has great atmosphere but populates it with a rude, tattood, and boorish wait staff. At least on my 10 visits.

Fact: If you want to be hip in your yuppie circle, by all means go to the BRBP.

Fact: You can get the same great beer with great atmosphere and great crack (yeah, you yuppie BRBP defendants don't know what crack even means!) at the new Scottish pub downtown on Massachussets. Or even the Rathskeller. On On!

Baron

The beer happens to be very good. Any time I'm in Indy, I'll make a trip just for the beer. The food wasn't impressive. Its typical pub-style food. The service, which seems to be the only thing people are talking about, was fine. If the service was nearly as bad as what is being described, I would clearly remember it, even if it was quite a while ago. Last time I went, I sat at the bar, so maybe I got more attentive service there, but it didn't appear that patrons "on the floor" were being poorly treated or ignored.

You are absolutely correct: there is a time and place for everything. And, I strongly support every establishment's right to control the atmosphere of their place of business in any manner that they see fit.

However, your assumption is false: there was no "drunken revelry" or "insipid antics" on the part of the running/cycling group on the occassion in question. That is the salient point either overlooked or intentionally ignored by the apologists for the BRBP. Unfortunately, that lie has been oft repeated by employees of the BRBP to deflect attention away from their egregious service.

An even more important point is the fact that on the half dozen or so occassions in which I patronized the BRBP in the past (not as a member of any "group", but simply as an individual looking for a quiet evening with good food and beverage), the service that I witnessed was just as bad and in some cases much worse.

Ad hominem attacks against the running club's members are the only defense that employees of the Brew Pub are able to muster. It would be preferable if the BRBP's employees devoted as much time to serving as they have to denigrating their customers.

*Sigh* Look, chucklebum. I'm a live-and-let-live kind of guy. I was college-age once and I had my share of hard-partying days. You can drink and party and carry on like you're a regular at Mos Eisley for all I care. But live-and-let-live cuts both ways. Just as I'd never think to walk into a Texas roadhouse and demand they stop all that loud music and stompin' around so I can enjoy my beer in peace, you have no business walking into a sedate neighborhood brewpub and demanding they accomodate drunken revelry. If said revelry is your thing, go find one of the many places that accomodates this type of behavior and let the rest of us drink our beer in peace.

As for my "obsession," those 100-plus reviews are the work of 7 years worth of posting. That averages out to just over one per month. That's not an obsession, that's a hobby. Spending 3 months posting a dozen or so bad reviews trying to run a business into the ground because they didn't care to accomodate your insipid antics -- now that's an obsession. (I'm not accusing you personally of doing that, but at least one of the ousted "drinking club" members has done so. He really should get over it already.)

That said, I didn't come here to get involved in a prolonged snipe-fest over a place I've never even been to. This is my last post on this place until I have an actual review to post. The rest of you snipe away.

We arrived around 6:30 on a week night, and the place was virtually empty. Nevertheless, we had to wait nearly 15 minutes before the waiter took our order. Another half hour wait before our food and drink order arrived. And we didn't see our waiter again until we had finished and were more than ready to leave. I would have liked to have sampled another beer or two, but wasn't going to wait another hour to be served.

I can't say that our waiter was rude or hostile, as some reviewers have complained. However, the employees certainly didn't seem very interested in serving us and "slow" and "indifferent" are very apt descriptions of their manner.

I can see why some people dislike the BRBP. I'm in no hurry to return.

I would suggest that anyone reading the negative reviews come in and judge for yourself.

I haven't been to this place yet, but I now have relatives in the area and I'll get the chance soon enough. I'm with the employee 2 or 3 reviews below -- I now intend to patronize this place simply to defy the boycott of the peurile children trying to run it into the ground. Thanks for drawing my attention to another potential watering hole, fellas...

...though given your preferred attire, I'm not sure "fellas" is entirely applicable.

Sadly, however, it seems that most of the wait staff and management of the Brew Pub are still in a state of denial and have yet to deal with the fundamental problems caused by their own behavior.

I have been to the Brew Pub on many different occassions, accompanied by myriad individuals: business meetings, family get-togethers, romantic evenings, group of friends, etc. And, I can honestly state that on each occassion the service was bad. Sometimes the service was worse than others, but the consistency of bad service was amazing. I can assure you that at no time is a waiter justified in screaming at a (sober) 50 year old man because he had the temerity to ask a question about his bill.

I, however, have not been as fortunate when patronizing the Brew Pub and am no longer willing to tolerate the obnoxious and belligerent wait staff for the sake of a few good beers. And believe me, I've tried: their microbrews are good and in some cases excellent. Nevertheless, the "bad service" reputation of the Brew Pub is well earned and nearly universally held. I have been to the Brew Pub approximately half a dozen times in the past several years and in every instance, the service I encountered could only be described as bad.

However, as I stated, their beer is very good, and so I became trapped upon the horns of a dilemma: either give good riddance to the Brew Pub or give them another chance. I erred optimistically, and patronized them one more time. And, as the previous post of Jon Stewart pointed out, on said occasion I went to the Brew Pub as a member of a "drinking club" (gasp!!! horror!!!! people who like beer!!!!). Yes, it's true: a club devoted to the appreciation of good microbrews came to the Brew Pub in order to drink good microbrews. Well, needless to say, the service that day was just as bad as it always has been, if not worse. I won't bore you with the details of the waitron's boorish behavior toward our group. Suffice it to say, his actions were inexcusable.

If you are looking for a quiet evening in a pub with friendly, efficient service, look elsewhere. If, however, you don't enjoy beer or food, by all means, stop by, sit in a booth and read a book for several hours. Have no fear, no waiters will disturb your peace.