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Rivals, Hastings’ newest restaurant, opened last week. I had the chance to sample the menu on Saturday and was quite pleased with the creative additions to the “sports bar” menu scene.
My favorite was the Rivals Burger – hamburger topped with bacon, tomato, cheese, mayo AND a fried egg. Ok, cardiac arrest but the burger was wonderful. We had buffalo chips as the side, a fried potato round with a spicy kick the combination was fantastic. Next we tried the Hawg Wild Wings – pork wings with an assortment of sauces to choose from, we tried the suicide squeeze and the sauce hurt so good. The pork wings were a great departure from the traditional chicken wing – which I think are overrated.
Rounding out the feast we sampled the hot sticks and pub pickles. Service was great, Michelle our waitress was new to the waitress job, but you would never have known this without her saying something. She was a delight.
So, five stars to Rivals, a welcome addition to the Hastings dining experience.
Tags: hamburger, pork wings, restaurant, sports bar
About the author: Pat McCoy
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Our family is looking forward to trying it!
Is it more bar or more grill? Is it Bar and Grill like Applebee’s Bar & Grill? Or is it Bar & Grill like the Reno or Murphy’s?
Great Blog Entry! I don’t think that I could have said it better myself. Thanks! Jim
I would say that Rivals is more of a bar than a grill. The menu is small and they stick to burgers and fried foods. I love the rival burger and the sports look of the bar.
I was surprisingly underwhelmed. The food was fairly awful, and the service was slow. We ended up eating less than half of our meals and rushing out.
A group of about 20 of us gathered there recently for supper. Five of us ordered the daily special (fried chicken dinner)and specified if we wanted dark or white meat. Those that ordered dark, got a chicken breast and wings, the one person who ordered white, got a couple of wings only. The waitress was very apologetic and said she tried to explain the difference to the cook but he didnt understand…evidently the cook did not know there was a difference between white and dark meat. To compensate agreed to fry 3 legs, but fried wings instead. He finally fried legs…but although the outside was hot…next to the bone the meat was COLD. Also those of us who ordered burgers also commented that their rare burgers were well done.