Chicken Pub Pie
The Local

The Local

931 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55402-3201, United States

Fish • Pubs • Irish • Casual


"The last time I was at the Local was 2018 and the service was SO BAD. I also work in the service industry so I try to always give places the benefit of doubt. I went in today and also had a horrible experience! It wasn’t busy at all so I cant say what we experienced was because of apparent staffing issues. First off, we walk in to the host stand it smells like body odor. I figured it was a staff person nearby and don’t think too much of it. It is unseasonably warm outside. We go deeper into the restaurant and the entire place reeks of body odor!! We had to wait forever for our server to appear. We put our food in and it came out super fast and I was pleasantly surprised!! Well, turns out it came out so fast is because the fries were old. As a server, I have seen millions of old fries. The dude that dropped the food off didn’t ask if we needed anything and 10 mins later, the manager asked if everything was good. We said yes because we wanted to hurry and eat and breathe fresh air. The server (Meg) shows up when we are nearly done. The whole time I wanted mustard, I would have asked for mustard a long time ago if there was anyone to ask. We finish and another server grabs our dishes right away and we are left to sit and wait and wait and wait.. Meg finally shows up and gets our bill. We got the hell out of there because I was worried that from us sitting in the Local for so long we would also smell like b.o! (Refer to the body odor episode of Seinfeld). As we were leaving, the manager walked right by us and didn’t say anything. I was going to let him know our experience sucked and it stinks in there but he seemed to be in a hurry. In no way were we rude because rude people suck. In conclusion; the Local sucked in 2018. It sucked even more in 2022. Save yourself money and and save your sense of smell and go to the NewsRoom across the street."