Time-Out Sports Lounge

Nice place to have a few beers and watch the game. The beer was cold and the mugs were chilled. Everyone was vey friendly and the bartender was a great guy. This is a smoking bar. The food, however, had much to be desired.

This place was within reasonable walking distance of the truck stop, and my husband is a truck driver, so we decided to check it out. It's inside the bowling alley, but there is a separate entrance. This place has diner-style seating and a decent size bar area. The bartender was quick to take our orders and give us menus. There's a nice selection of both fried and grilled foods on the menu, and the prices are very reasonable. I think we lucked out on coming in early on a Friday evening because the bartender was very attentive.

The only issue we experienced was with the food, but it had nothing to do with the quality, so it's not worth docking the rating. There's a new cook here and they have a funky numbered menu system they are supposed to follow. Well the cook got confused and made me the wrong thing, but I didn't even notice until the bartender did lol. He was very apologetic, and I get it, stuff happens. But I got my right order after a few minutes and wasn't disappointed. The food is worth the price, so don't expect anything super spectacular.

Excluding the fact that you can chief down a pack of butts in a dingy, dark room, Time-Out Sports Lounge is no cut above the rest. It can become a frenzied nucleus of sundry, displaced Steelers fans. And at Time-Out, their singular passion for Pittsburgh outshines their real-life heterogeneities.

It's cute.

Now I'm a Patriots fan. Not making this a secret, I was setup to watch my game on an old tube TV that wasn't adjusted to display the particulars of the game. It wasn't even large enough to discern who was involved in what play.

As I missed the details of play after play, all the potential accolades that could have come from Time-Out being a smoker-friendly establishment vanished. TVs galore and I'm stuck watching my team's unabated conquest on a poorly tuned box circa 1985? And I could swear the thing had wood grain siding.

Fail.

As a practical matter, management should be advised that when it comes to pizza, every inch of cheese isn't supposed to immediately slide off the bread when slices are handled.

Just saying.

I'm convinced that they spray the dough with Teflon at Time-Out.

All this being said, the service here is exemplary. Our waiter made regular rounds and we were not wanting for pitchers of beer. It's easy to quaff them down at Time-Out.

So if you're looking for a place to drink and smoke, come here. But don't expect one iota more.

Good place to go on Sundays to watch football if you don't mind the smoke and don't plan on eating. Beer by the pitcher, but the food is crappy. They only have 1 waitress who does her best, but she can get behind on Sundays when the place is full.