text: I was visiting Tempe for the first time on business and jumped at the chance of my work colleague Vince going out to lunch just so that I could try the local hangouts we kind of looked at him funny when he nonchalantly said something bout boulders nnand it is no wonder that not all of us knew what he was talkin bout cuz it is pretty discreetlooking and located in a building that came right out of the s You would not know right offthebat if this was a restaurantbar and with the interesting name and all that makes it all the more intriguingnnBeing a cyclist myself I knew it was a good sign when I noticed the interior bike parking It looks like a pretty cool laidback and nonpretentious atmosphere with youngergen worker bees and clientele mixed with woodtrim decor a bar and TVs in the backgroundnnIt was not at all deserted and though not necessarily packed was fairly full with people and looked to be a wellknown neighborhood hangout and I thought that this was a good sign nnThe menu was fairly descriptive and made me want to order everything on the menu It consists of your typical barfood but all changedup with their own special twistnnThey had something called the Big Freakin Nacho lightly fried chips topped with mozarella sausage olives and peppers and upon advice from my colleague went with the half order at since I heard that they mean business when they say big I ordered this with EXTRA cheesennI also went with the Costa Rican Cesar My colleagues ordered other items such as the wings pizza nuggets the burger etcnnThe service nnOur waitress was pleasant took our drink and food order and allinall the service was relatively quick considering the decent size of our party of She was pretty attentive the whole entire timennOn to the food nnThe salad was fairly good and was a good portion People can screw up salad yet what I got was what I would expect from a place of this genrennI ordered my nachos with extra cheese yet they were pretty far from cheesy In fact I kind of think that it is the cheese that is the GLUE that holds it together in nachos so with every bite I either had nothing but chip or I had stuff rolling off of it nnNote that I didn NOT complain or send it back because even for a half portion it still came out on a pizza tray full of chips and I pretty much felt like if I complained all they were going to do was just add the cheese and heat up the platter of chips again which would have made them stalennOther than this one thing though the taste formula is pretty righton the chips tasted like they were fried inhouse and as the menu described they tasted light They could have been so much better though with that extra cheese it needednnI tried the Pizza Nuggets and they were good tasted like pizza sauce and cheese slathered on soft bread The wings were just soso good but not quite good enough to give me that wow factornnIf I could I would give this place stars they would be a star if they somehow stepped up the quality just a tadbit nnthey seem to have the right formula going and their food is unique enough good enough tastewise and large enough portionwise yet in my humble opinion they need to step it up to make that difference between the thought of food just being thrown together vs really going for that wow factornnI would mostdefinitely come here agian though