Saturday January 26th
4335 West 106th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46032
317.876.0981
Price: $8.00 - $33.00
Date Potential: Too
loud for dates 1-3
Dress: Casual
Appetizers: N/A
Entrée: 1/5 stars
Atmosphere: 2/5 stars
Atmosphere
Atmosphere
If you are looking for somewhere in West Carmel to simply have a beer and
watch one of your favorite Indiana teams, then I would recommend the new
Stacked Pickle. However, if you are looking for a place to share a meal with
your family, talk with friends, or possibly have a date, then I suggest avoiding
this loud and congested establishment. While I am happy to see the old 106th
Street Grill pass on to a new phase, unfortunately not much has changed in terms
of space. The bar has been opened up into the main dining room, merging the
area into one restaurant instead of two, but with so many tables crushed into a
small space, you’d better try to enjoy the group sitting next to you.
Service
We sat at the bar for dinner, as it was a Saturday night
and getting a table for three seemed an impossible task. The bartender/waitress
was nice but may have lacked training. Most of the staff spent time talking to
each other about this and that and other, and non-bar staff members seemed to
be hanging around the bar quite a bit to have conversations with the female
bartenders. The largest disappointment came when I requested a condiment
(buffalo sauce for my buffalo chicken sandwich). Our waitress came back almost
7 minutes later and informed me that the kitchen staff had told her “no!” When she
explained that the staff was in “panic mode”, I got the feeling this group was
not well trained for the opening of a new location.
Food
Though I have visited the Stacked Pickle in Carmel and
enjoyed my meal there, I am sorry to say that I was disappointed by the food at
this location. I ordered a buffalo chicken sandwich, but when it came out the
breading was almost falling off the chicken, and I had to request a side of buffalo
sauce since there was almost no trace of it on the sandwich. Unfortunately, I
was not able to get extra sauce and chose to make do with what I had. I tried
removing the bun, hoping less bread would help - it did not.
Both of my dining companions tried the chicken Caesar
salad and were disappointed. There was almost no chicken to speak of, and the
large portion of croutons that most of us have come to expect on this
particular salad was almost non-existent. This was true for both the regular
portion and the side portion that came with one of the main dishes.
Lastly, the fish tacos: I can honestly say I did not hear
many complaints about this dish. However, there were not many compliments about
it either. It seemed to be lacking that “something special” to make it a meal
worth ordering over others at this particular establishment.
Overview
I would like to return to this Stacked Pickle location
once they have been open for a couple more months. I am hoping that my
experience can be an exception rather than the rule, as it is lovely having a
new restaurant in this area. However, I would warn those curious aboutthis
location to beware an inexperienced staff and lackluster food until they are
able to reach the same quality as other locations in the city.
* Please note the image above is not mine, but the propert of Stacked Pickle*
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