text: pure speculationni imagine a terrifying scene of well off yet earthy crunchy peoplena self congratulatory crowd who came downtown in their prius while listening to the shins who they discovered via npr wearing expensive approximations of hippie peasant wear and handmade spunky jewelrynthey listen to acoustic singersongriters with something to say and are intrigued by the local poets scribbling away at the bar sipping at their organic ale secretly glad to be noticed as an artist by othersnwm tnnIm going to have to say my thoughts exactly nnIve been to Carlys twice Once on a weeknight and once on a weekend night The food is not great or even good really The first time our server more or less ignored us The second time our server was attentive but not engaging in any way maybe I am asking too much for desiring a server who tries to talk to their customers And ya the crowdwell that is why I copy and pasted wm ts comments I felt that they were spot on nnIts hard because I want to like Carlys I know it is heart is the right place And I am guessing that Carly is a really rad chick ButIt is one of those neighborhood barcafes that is trying way too hard to be a kitschy neighborhood cafe Let it flow Pay attention to your customers Improve your menu Stock your bar And embrace who you actually are rather than who you would like to be