595 Tap and Tavern

Hey all,

595 Tap and Tavern's "Cowboy Burger"

So last Friday, the guys and I decided to stick with the burger theme but we wanted our craft beers.  We heard of this place in Davie, FL called "595 Tap and Tavern".  It is located in a busy plaza and it is actually a new restaurant that took over a previous restaurant, "Lefty's".  Parking was plaza style and we got parking right away.  We walked in and sat at the high tops near the bar.  They had a different atmosphere, to say the least.  Inside was a fully stocked bar with over 30 draught craft beers, high tops around the bar, regular tabling around the rest of the restaurant, a separate party room, and a DJ booth.
The night we went, they had their DJ playing "top 40" music and it wasn't that loud.  They also had a sports memorabilia auction going on in the separate room.  They have 2 menus; one for drinks and one for food.  It was apparently happy hour when we walked in, well at least that's what the hostess said.  We looked at the menu and it said happy hour was Monday through Thursday.  With it being a Friday, I questioned the waitress to reaffirm that we would get discounted drinks.  She confirmed and we ordered some beers to start.

I ordered their "Founders Breakfast Stout" which is a dark craft beer made in Michigan.  I love stouts as you all know and I had to try this.  By far, this became an instant classic once I took a sip.  It reminded me of the "Russian Stout" from "Hollywood Organic Brewery"  Very rich and it had a big coffee taste.   I enjoyed it and ordered a second with the craft draught beers being $2 off during happy hour.  We then placed our food order and I ordered their "cowboy burger" which is one of their specialties.  It has bacon, cheddar cheese, fried onion rings, and BBQ pork as the meat.  The food came out within 15 minutes and it was good.  Nothing amazing, but overall a good taste to it.  It had their logo branded on the top of the bun to show off their name.  They had at least 20 HDTV's and a couple large screen projectors around the restaurant showing sports games and the atmosphere seemed pretty "chill".

Founders Breakfast Stout from Michigan.

The overall experience was great until we got the check.  It had the regular price for the craft draught beers which was not a high price at $5 for a pint, but still no discount of $2.  My friends had the same issue on their check.  We told the waitress and she got the manager to come over.  The manager explained that there is no happy hour on Friday's.  We politely told her that we had 2 employees tell us that it was still okay.  She then made a shocked face and went to change the bill.  She came back with the corrected bills for us and we paid and left.  The manager didn't seem happy with us and she kind of made us feel like we were causing a burden on her.  595 Tap and Tavern would have been a great hang out place for us but we were left unsure and I don't know if I'll be back soon.