Comments on: Dear PoP – No More Entrees at Looking Glass Lounge

By: not possible

not possible — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:25:56 +0000

ha ha. totally! She is the worst bartender ever, she just flat out has a bad attitude..i dont understand how miss \brown hair\ keeps a job there. Me and pretty much all the people i know have stopped spending alot of money there because of it.

By: DC Up

DC Up — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:09:49 +0000

So funny to see how an opinion turns into fact. Looking Glass menu has not changed really in the last while. They still have steak, burgers, ceasar salad. Is no body reading the menu thats posted?

And who cares if they’re not trying to be a restaurant. Its a bar with bar food. People need to read before they speak. Its also funny to notice that most comments are between the hours of 9 and 5. Don’t people have jobs or does half of the employers in the region pay their staff to do restaurant commentary?

By: WarderResident

WarderResident — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:23:48 +0000

Over the summer (I think), the owner of LGL came to the Park View UNC to explain that it could not sustain the business model of being a “restaurant” and planned to transition to a “tavern” license, which had less stringent alcohol-to-food ration requirements. The rationale made sense, and overall, I think it makes business sense–there’s no way they could have maintained a high food-to-alcohol ratio (by revenue) if most customers are like me and come in and order two $6 pints of beer and some $7 bar food.

As more of the restaurants under Park Place open up, I think it makes a lot of business sense for LGL to focus on serving alcohol and bar food. In a few months, I could easily see myself having dinner at Sala Thai and then hanging out for some beers at the LGL.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:38:16 +0000

Actually Nate, it’s Martin Lawrence – you’re pretty out of touch. The women at the Penthouse are not big, but realistic. Sorry, I don’t like 90 pound soaking wet toothpicks.

By: David

David — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:56:15 +0000

I lament the loss of steak at the looking glass. Their steak specials were between 12-20 bucks for a nice cut of flat-iron.

One of the best deals in town. But no mas! Bad move from the Wonderland owners….. If I want hotdogs and dive bar, I’ll go to the Wonderland, but the Glass was a nice counterpoint to the uber-hipsterness of Wonderland.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:00 +0000

Nope! So does it make me less black or hetro b/c I don’t enjoy watching obese women in poorly maintained (to put in mildly) establishment? And does Laurence Martin in “Big Mama’s House” give you a strange tingly feeling down there?

By: Bitter Elitist

Bitter Elitist — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:01:51 +0000

fishmonger’s wife would be more apt…at any rate she’s nasty and lazy

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:12:53 +0000

Are you on something, Jeremy?

The House is the most vile, disgusting establishment I’ve ever set foot in. Unless you have an appetite for 300 lbs strippers, rolling around on a carpet that hasn’t been cleaned in 50 years, I don’t understand the appeal.

I’ve been there two times as kind of joke. I treated some of the contractors working on my house to a drink and laugh, and both times the unanimous reaction was from all the guys was – “Wow, that place is aweful!”. It IS an experience, like witnessing a grizzle crime scene, but after the shock, wears off, why else would you want to stick around?

By: emma d.

emma d. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:33:14 +0000

I completely agree – I loved Temperance, and have gone to LGL semi-regularly since the switch. It was ROUGH at first, with menu items coming and going, and things made one way one week made completely differently the next. But lately – last six months? – I feel like it has settled in, and I’ve had consistently good times there. Nice, unpretentious and tasty. Especially, of course, the grilled cheese & tomato. And my man likes the pork wings and the Lancaster beef stew.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:27:21 +0000

I think LGL is a great neighborhood bar with a good atmosphere, a solid beer list and good bar food.

I’ve not had any customer service issues there. The fare that they are keeping on the menu matches the personality of the space. I probably visit twice a month and rarely saw others ordering entrees. It’s a sensible move.