Thirsty’s Bar & Grill

First, the good: Thirsty’s appeared very clean and didn’t give off a dive bar ambience at all. Parking was ample and our server was very friendly.
Now the not as good: Food was OK. I had a pierogi burger which was actually very tasty. I got tortilla chips as a side and they were a bit stale, but the included salsa was tasty. My wife was not so lucky — she got mild wings which had barely any sauce on them. They must have not changed the fryer oil in quite some time, because they tasted as if they absorbed the flavors about five other types of fried foods.
After we finished our meals, our server took our unused appetizer plates (and napkins) and put them back with the clean dishes for the next patrons. I am not a germ freak, but it certainly kind of grossed me out.
Overall, I didn’t hate Thirsty’s. I think it’d be a fine place to have a drink or two and, as a self-​proclaimed sports bar, they did have eight TVs showing various games.
Maybe you’re experience will be better, but I’d say stick to the sandwiches and avoid any food that entered the fryer… also avoid the appetizer plates. :-|

Food’s okay. Service is decent. Prices are reasonable. The biggest flaw is lack of cellphone service. Adding wifi would raise the rating a full star.

Parking is easy, got seated quickly and served drinks quickly. Pizza was quite good, two appetizers were ok. Our server was less than pleasant. When we asked for lime she came back with two slices, served from her hand. It was gross. We (unfortunately) needed more lime a second time, and again they were served straight from her hand. Food and drinks were good. Service was subpar to put it nicely.

First, the good:
–we were seated quickly (nobody in the place, which I thought odd, considering there was a National League Division Series baseball game on the TV).
–drink orders were taken and served promptly.
–food orders were taken and served in a timely fashion.
–the server was nice.
The Bad (with a capital «B»):
–the beef brisket sandwich was easily the single most disgusting meal I have ever had. Even more disappointing considering I asked the server before ordering if it «was good». She assured me it was. I am the furthest thing from a gourmet on the face of this earth, but the brisket was so bad I wouldn’t even serve it to my dog. Firstly, in terms of thickness, think cheap bacon. Cheap, fatty, gummy bacon. Secondly, in terms of consistency, think cheap bacon (fatty, stringy, NOT tender in the least). Simply BAD. They should be ashamed of themselves for calling this stuff «brisket», let alone serving it to the public.
–when the server asked how the brisket was, I told her. Because she appeared young and relatively inexperienced, I tried to be as polite as possible. It became apparent that she told no one in the kitchen, though. However, all is not lost. Perhaps she will spare a future customer from ordering the brisket. By the way, my wife ordered a «brisket salad», which is basically a salad with brisket on it, so no need to separately critique that.
–speaking of salads, that’s what I had as my side. Very generic as salads go. Not bad, not good. No thousand island or sweet and sour dressing at Thirsty’s, so I went with the blue cheese. Nothing exceptional, no chunks of blue cheese. Straight out of the bottle.
All in all, I’d say I learned my lesson. You want good brisket, go to The Double Wide or Nashville. Heck, I may even try the brisket at Arby’s and update this review with a comparison.
I AM a slow learner, though. I WILL return to Thirsty’s and try something else.
My prediction, though? This place will not last. Not unless they do something to improve the quality of their food. There are too many other places in this general area with much better food.
UPDATE:
Ok, so thought we would give it another shot. We revisited Thirsty’s last week. We ordered something different this time: me, a burger with onion rings; my wife, the gyro.
I have to say, the burger was pretty awesome! And my wife said her gyro was very good. The onion rings were excellent, too. They serve them with some kind of bloomin’ onion dipping sauce, too (no boring ketchup for your rings here!). I recently sampled the onion rings at J. Clark’s; Thirsty’s rings are much better.
The server was very nice; and efficient, too.
All in all, almost a total 180 from our first visit.
So, if you’re visiting Thirsty’s? Pretty decent. Just stay away from the brisket.

Happy hour special is nothing special 50 cent off drafts come on. Food is decent however every time i go in there is no one there.

Thirsty’s menu has been updated since my first visit and thank goodness! The selection is a lot bigger and there is more variety.
I’ve had the fish sandwich and the burgers and was not disappointed. Both were good and I would order both items again. I think one of my favorite items is the cream of mushroom soup, which is rich and creamy.

Clean bar and bathrooms. Great prices on Tuesdays for ladies, ½ price drinks and food. However, the food is only so so, nothing really exciting. Sometimes the service isn’t very quick.