Pinstripes, Disney Area

I tried this spot in that nowheresville area without an exit just north of the outlet malls in between Sea World and Disney today at lunch. I believe it is a chain. They also have a bowling alley. It is kind of like Primrose Lanes. The food was awful and the environs were not clean. The seat the gave me was covered with crumbs. As was the floor all over. The seat aside me was smudged. The silverware was dirty. And that's what I could see. It shouldn't be surprising that there was only one other table of two in a plus 100 seat restaurant the entire time I was there. The staff (2 or 3 hostesses and 8 waitstaff) had little to do. The menu is tiny. A few salads and sandwiches and flatbreads. You could have a $12 lunch special selection (8 or so) or two of them for $18. No fries with them. Or ala carte. I decided to test them on a salmon sandwich with cucumber yogurt dressing and parmesan fries for $19. It took forever to come out. The salmon was fishy. No seasoning. I ordered it rare. One part was rare and the rest was dry and burned. A difficult feat to accomplish. Whomever designed this dish is a moron. They placed it atop a (stale) roll. Maybe it was what they think foccacio is? I forget how it was described. Let me repeat. They didn't cut it open. Just laid it on top of a 4" high roll. The yogurt was bland paste. It needed garlic or something. anything. Some arugula was lost among it. The fries were low class fries. Covered in starch. Composed from paste. I remember when Burger King switched to these. I read an article where they said that "poor people" enjoyed this style more. I could see, but not taste, the parmesan. They served this abortion on a wood cutting board/paddle with the fries in a black oval bowl. Somehow by not keeping me big mouth closed, I received a free coke and fries. The coke tasted of cleaning fluid. I just took a sip to be polite. I'm not sure if this is more evidence of their incompetence or revenge. I threw the fries away (they made them to go). They looked worse than the first batch. I think the didn't starch those. Just fried the Franken Fries they think they can pass off as fries. This whole thing wasn't just cooked and composed by an incompetent. It was so bad that it made my stomach ache. 

The place is black and gray. That is representative. There is a bar in the middle of the high ceilinged main room. Kitchen behind it. Bowling alley on the right in another room. A private room on the rear left. Some stairs leading to somewhere on the right. Tables for two and four. seats at the bar. Booths in the front corner. A patio. Tvs. Playing woman's field hockey on all of them. The waiter was obsequious. But, I worry when they pull the "Boss" bullshit. I told you before that I tried them once before and it was a $35 buffet. That is still true. On Saturday and Sunday. $45 on holidays. I think that is their lane. Hotel quality, mass produced slop for know nothings looking to drunch (drunk brunch). I thoroughly discourage you from wasting your time and money here. It must be poorly managed. To have this many issues at this point is incongruous. They have been open for more than a month. Time enough to take off the training wheels and not long enough to accumulate inertia. It looks like someone spent alot of money on it. The staff is uniformed. They have an exterior baking oven. Everything looks slick. It should be good. It just isn't. Or wasn't this day. I think those well attended buffets might make them think they are on the right track. They aren't. At least outside of the buffet context. That is undeserved blessing if it is a reality. I the food didn't look that great on my first visit. Why I left. I may have to make a year end "Hated It" list and put them on it. They just seem to lack the sophistication to pull off what they envisage.