{"id":434,"date":"2010-01-24T09:16:18","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T13:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/?p=434"},"modified":"2010-01-30T15:20:54","modified_gmt":"2010-01-30T19:20:54","slug":"rocked-by-hard-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/?p=434","title":{"rendered":"Rocked by Hard Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hard Rock Cafe – Niagara Falls, NY<\/p>\n

333 Prospect Street
\nNiagara Falls, NY 14303-1105
\n(716) 282-0007<\/p>\n

Food [rating:4] – Awesome. I think it is better than your normal sports bar fare.
\nService [rating:4] – Prompt and friendly. I like a bartender who introduces his or her self.
\nAtmosphere [rating:3.5] – I’m a fan of the rediculous stuff that litters the walls. Other than the ROCK stuff, its like a sports bar
\nPrice [rating:2] – I guess all of that ROCK stuff costs a lot of money….the food costs more than it should, but not terribly so
\nOverall [rating:4] – Good food, good service, and a new glass for my collection.<\/p>\n

I was in a touristy spot, so I had to eat at a touristy place. I don\u2019t know why, but I like Hard Rock Cafes. They scored major points in my book back when I lived in Japan as they were the only restaurant that had free refills on sodas. It\u2019s the little things.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019ve spent a pretty penny at Hard Rocks through my years, and have various hats, shirts, glasses and shot glasses to prove it. I even have a membership card that does\u2026something\u2026that I haven\u2019t figured out yet.<\/p>\n

This Hard Rock was no exception. I ended up with about a $120 bill which I\u2019ll break down later. But it is ok, because I walked to the casino and placed $100 on black for the sole purpose of scoring some sweet-eats-money, and it worked.<\/p>\n

First off, the atmosphere is pretty neat. I like all the rock and\/or roll memorabilia that litters the joint. I also like how the staff knows they work at a Hard Rock.<\/p>\n

I sat at the bar because as usual I was all alone. The bartender immediately came over and introduced himself in an informal-best-buddies-I work at Hard Rock kind of way and I got my first beer. The beers are a little over priced, but it was cold and poured properly, so that\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n

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I first ordered a batch of wings because I was interested in the combination of smoked and buffalo flavors, and as suspected, they were pretty dang good. Now, for being only a short drive from Buffalo, I probably should have just gone somewhere there for wings, but whatever. These were mighty fine. Not too hot, not too vinegary, and just SLATHERED in sauce. The smoked flavor wasn\u2019t as strong as I had hoped, but you could tell it was there.<\/p>\n

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Now comes the entr\u00e9e. I got an open faced sirloin sandwich which really means you get a fat cut of meat on a big piece of bread with a whole bunch of crap on it. It was awesome. The meat was a bit more overcooked than what I had ordered, but it wasn\u2019t bad at all. The meat wasn\u2019t really seasoned beyond your basic stuff, so it pretty much tasted like any sirloin, but it was juicy (which is actually required by law for an open face sandwich). The fixings were also tops. God help you if you actually try and eat this like a sandwich. I\u2019ll help you too.<\/p>\n

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For funzies I ordered a side of the \u201cTwisted\u201d macaroni and cheese because lets face it, I effin love macaroni and cheese and I had a BURNING NEED to know what made it \u201cTwisted\u201d. Unfortunately I never did find out why it was called \u201cTwisted\u201d but I have some theories. A) The type of noodle they used. B) the fact that it was kind of spicy. C) It is served at a Hard Rock Caf\u00e9. D) All of the above but mostly C. Doesn\u2019t matter, it was delicious. You can see them in the picture above nestled next to my meats.<\/p>\n

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I also waffled down several beers throughout dinner because I could.<\/p>\n

Now, here is where my tab starts growing by leaps and bounds. I bought merch. I can\u2019t help it. I got a beer glass (which comes w\/ beer in it) and a shirt for my lady. I also joined that membership thing which cost a few bucks too. All in all it came to like $120, but since the kind Native Americans paid for $100 of it, I was quite pleased with dinner and myself.<\/p>\n

Then I went to see some waterfall everyone kept talking about.<\/p>\n

\n

I was in a touristy spot, so I had to eat at a touristy place. I don\u2019t know why, but I like Hard Rock Cafes. They scored<\/p>\n

major points in my book back when I lived in Japan as they were the only restaurant that had free refills on sodas. It\u2019s the<\/p>\n

little things.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019ve spent a pretty penny at Hard Rocks through my years, and have various hats, shirts, glasses and shot glasses to<\/p>\n

prove it. I even have a membership card that does\u2026something\u2026that I haven\u2019t figured out yet.<\/p>\n

This Hard Rock was no exception. I ended up with about a $120 bill which I\u2019ll break down later. But it is ok, because I<\/p>\n

walked to the casino and placed $100 on black for the sole purpose of scoring some sweet-eats-money, and it worked.<\/p>\n

First off, the atmosphere is pretty neat. I like all the rock and\/or roll memorabilia that litters the joint. I also like<\/p>\n

how the staff knows they work at a Hard Rock.<\/p>\n

I sat at the bar because as usual I was all alone. The bartender immediately came over and introduced himself in an<\/p>\n

informal-best-buddies-I work at Hard Rock kind of way and I got my first beer. The beers are a little over priced, but it<\/p>\n

was cold and poured properly, so that\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n

I first ordered a batch of wings because I was interested in the combination of smoked and buffalo flavors, and as<\/p>\n

suspected, they were pretty dang good. Now, for being only a short drive from Buffalo, I probably should have just gone<\/p>\n

somewhere there for wings, but whatever. These were mighty fine. Not too hot, not too vinegary, and just SLATHERED in sauce.<\/p>\n

The smoked flavor wasn\u2019t as strong as I had hoped, but you could tell it was there.<\/p>\n

Now comes the entr\u00e9e. I got an open faced sirloin sandwich which really means you get a fat cut of meat on a big piece of<\/p>\n

bread with a whole bunch of crap on it. It was awesome. The meat was a bit more overcooked than what I had ordered, but it<\/p>\n

wasn\u2019t bad at all. The meat wasn\u2019t really seasoned beyond your basic stuff, so it pretty much tasted like any sirloin, but<\/p>\n

it was juicy (which is actually required by law for an open face sandwich). The fixings were also tops. God help you if you<\/p>\n

actually try and eat this like a sandwich. I\u2019ll help you too.<\/p>\n

For funzies I ordered a side of the \u201cTwisted\u201d macaroni and cheese because lets face it, I effin love macaroni and cheese and<\/p>\n

I had a BURNING NEED to know what made it \u201cTwisted\u201d. Unfortunately I never did find out why it was called \u201cTwisted\u201d but I<\/p>\n

have some theories. A) The type of noodle they used. B) the fact that it was kind of spicy. C) It is served at a Hard Rock<\/p>\n

Caf\u00e9. D) All of the above but mostly C. Doesn\u2019t matter, it was delicious.<\/p>\n

I also waffled down several beers throughout dinner because I could.<\/p>\n

Now, here is where my tab starts growing by leaps and bounds. I bought merch. I can\u2019t help it. I got a beer glass (which<\/p>\n

comes w\/ beer in it) and a shirt for my lady. I also joined that membership thing which cost a few bucks too. All in all it<\/p>\n

came to like $120, but since the kind Native Americans paid for $100 of it, I was quite pleased with dinner and myself.<\/p>\n

Then I went to see some waterfall everyone kept talking about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…I was in a touristy spot, so I had to eat at a touristy place. I don\u2019t know why, but I like Hard Rock Cafes. They scored major points in my book back when I lived in Japan as they were the only restaurant that had free refills on sodas. It\u2019s the little things…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,7,9,23,93,4,26,20,193,194,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americana","category-beef","category-chicken","category-delicious","category-diner","category-dining-out","category-enjoyable","category-johnreview","category-newyork","category-niagarafallsny","category-over-priced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}