Frankie B's Tavern

Stopped in for a quick bite early Monday evening. Great atmosphere and fun bar area, wasn’t full at the time we were there. Service was good from the host to an attentive server. Not an excessive menu, but diverse options. Ordered the brisket sandwich and burger, both with fries. Portions and taste were good. Overall nice experience.

This was our first time here, and we opted to meet up with friends to get more opinions of the place.

We had a bit of a wait to get seated, but it was done in less than 15 minutes. We were given a choice, a high top table or booth, and we chose a booth.

The booths are a bit awkward as they are an unusual shape. Comfortable for 4 adults, and I'm sure they could squeeze 2 more in if needed. If you were seated inside the booth, talking was okay, but if seated at the ends, then you had to raise your voice to be heard.

Like previous reviews, the background music is hard to hear over the voices. They need someone on dimmer duty to lower the lights to get folks to quiet down a bit. It did make it difficult to hear even the person next to you.

I would also suggest that management put a few tvs on with closed captioning.

The drink menu looked good, but we were all taken aback at the price of the cocktails. $10 + seems a bit steep for our taste. So we passed on those. 3 waters and a sweet tea were ordered. If you are a fan of VERY sweet tea , you are in luck!

Appetizers were hush puppies served with sour cream and onion rings ( which is a side on their menu). Both came out hot, but our runner didn't include plates for the four of us. Those we had to ask for when our waitress returned to take our order.

The onion rings were crispy and had a good taste but a bit heavy with oil from the fryer, and the hush puppies' shape was so round it reminded us of those cake pop makers. We all got a good giggle out of that.
They were okay, a bit on the dark side for my liking with a hint of cheese and bacon, but the four of us did not finish them. I opted to bring the rest of the onion rings home.

One of our group opted to get a side salad with a balsamic dressing on the side. She stated it was fine but did not elaborate.

One person ordered the Village Burger, which arrived with the top off of the burger. It was the most colorful plate at the table for presentation. It was juicy for sure as it spread all over their hands. It came with a basket of fries, which were good, but ended up getting colder quicker than they thought.

2 people ordered the brisket with 2 sides. A bean salsa type item and mashed potatoes. No one said it was terrible , but no one was raving about it either. One person did not finish their meal.

I had the BBQ Chicken Flatbread. It is definitely something you'll want to share. It's too large for one, and I did ask for a to go container to bring the rest of it home. Yes, it was that good, and I'm not a big fan of caramelized onions either.

Our waitress was quite pleasant and kept checking in with us to make sure everything was going well. She also made sure we had plenty of napkins and hand wipes ( a nice touch, by the way)

The only downfall I noted was that they need to check between the seat cushions in the booths. Ours was filled with crumbs from previous diners.