text: We showed up here after hiking at McDowell Mountain and finding out that tragically Sweet Republic is closed on Mondays we followed our GPS to The Vermont Sandwich Company which was also closing just as we got there at pmarrrggghhh So just as we started to think that McDs was our only option we said hey there is that place why not So we walked in and if you ever wanted to feel really unwelcome in a placego here There was a Seat Yourself sign all the service staff ignored us and the place was filled with year old men It was one of those places where everyone kind of quieted down and looked at you when you walked in leading you to believe that perhaps there is more going on there than an eating establishment I am not saying there is I am just saying Now I will preface this next part by saying I recently got a dog and have become one of those obnoxious people who gets annoyed with places that do not have dog friendly patios We walked up to the bar and asked the bartender if they had a dog friendly patio and he said sure go have a seat out there and he would send someone right out We went and got the pup from the car and had a seat The girl who waited on us was really sweet and the nicest person we encountered there by far As we sat she came out and said that the dog had to be on the outside of the fence So basically their patio is dog friendly in that you can tie your dog up to the outside of the fence and let it sit on the sidewalk outside Anyway we ordered prickly pear margaritas which are always delicious I had the sandwich with roast beef horseradish mayo pepper jack cheese grilled green chile and tomato It was really tasty the bread was nice and soft and not overly greasy like a lot of places tend to make toast They had quite a few options for sides which was nice I got the tater tots which were AWESOME Nice and hot and crispy fluffy and soft on the inside nnIn summary their food is actually quite nice service is soso the peanuts thing seems pretty cool and I can see how that would be appealing It seems to be a locals bar we seemed to be the only ones there that the server did not know our names Plenty of guys started showing up for the Monday night game so I can definitely see that it probably gets busy when the games are on Overall not a bad place I would go back if I were up in that area