text: I was so excited when this place started up I live within a block and we need a neighborhood place with decent food and good drinks The previous incarnations in the location appeared to be coke fronts or at least a dive so divey it could be a coke frontnnI have been a few times now and on the good side it does not appear to be a coke front They have done a good job of cleaning the place up but removed the gross carpet meaning the floor is now concrete As a result it is loud I have been in at dinner time and it was ok till the turned on a sports game and it was blaring loud I have come in for drinks and it was ok until when they turned up the juke box to ear splitting levels and conversation was impossiblennI have had food a few times it was mostly good pub fare Madison has some great bar food and it is only average for here but in most towns the food would be greatnnService is iffy generally no one seems to care much if you want to give them money We have sat for half an hour at dinner time and had to ask the bartender just to get a menunnOh and at one point a friend of the establishment had a dog in there And it ran around in the kitchen Unlikely to be a problem by itself but it makes ya wonder how careful they are with other food handling rulesnnI guess I will give it a try again at some point but so far let down city