text: Items SelectednMac Cheese Balls House made bacon mac cheese balled up in Panko breadcrumbs and golden friednFried Chicken and Waffle Sandwich Fried Chicken with Applewood Smoked Bacon Waffles and Wild Turkey Maple Syrup served with Sweet Potato TotsnFrench Toast Vanilla Bean Soaked Brioche topped with drunk mixed berries syrup powdered sugarnnLocated on the corner of trendy East Fremont and Las Vegas Boulevard with raves received from hipsters since its inception it was just minutes before noon that I sat down with a friend for lunch at Park on Fremont and although I am happy to say the service far outperformed similar spots in Chicago Brooklyn or Portland the food itself left much to be desired a seemingly wellculled menu instead proving limited in not only options but quality of execution as well Clearly the sort of place where cuisine is considered less important than booze and duecor suffice it to say that the beer list and creative cocktails far outnumber the options for food and even with the extended brunch menu it was only in three items that myself and a friend could muster enough interest to indulge the plates arriving in two rounds as we sat amidst a room awash in fauxtaxidermy and paintings ranging from humping animals to possessed children with neither rhyme nor reason to be found Opting for one starter to precede a duo of entrees it would not be long before the best bites of the meal would arrive and served as a quintet the Mac Cheese balls each proved not only sizable but also quite delicate the crackling panko overlying supple pasta with briny bits of bacon imbuing each bite plus a sidecar of cheese sauce for those desiring even more cream At this point happily conversing about recent events as background music played on it was after only the slightest of delays that three trays would arrive and with the kitchen opting to split our French Toast while the sandwich was served whole it can only be said that neither dish tasted as good as it looked the brioche too lightly soaked and thinly sliced to allow the exterior to be rendered crisp without burning it while the waffle was chewy and lifeless a bready detriment to otherwise pleasant chicken and bacon served alongside entirely forgettable yet all too trendy totsnnNot exactly a disaster in that the service was pleasant while the Mac Cheese Balls were far better than standard pubgrub suffice it to say that for those not interested in being upsold on cleverly named cocktails or craft beers Park on Fremont has little to offer a quick walk down the street to MTO eat SO Carson Kitchen or DuPars offering far more extensive selection with equal or better value on the dollar at each