By Becca Choi
By Rebecca Choi
Literary Editor

A casual sports-bar atmosphere leads into the main seating to create a classy but crowded corner of the restaurant. High booths are partitioned in a way that does not intrude on the openness. A variety of seating allows customers to choose their experience, small and intimate in the booths or open and social at the high-tops, and concise menus contribute to the simplicity of decisions.

Bar Louie’s employees come off rude and unapproachable with a bad sense of time; however, their lack of personality is made up for by the unique personality of the establishment itself. Charismatic chalked phrases over the bar advise the customers that “no good story ever started with someone eating a salad.” In-style music isn’t so quiet that it’s left unheard, and it isn’t so loud that it drowns out the conversation.

Slow and impolite service did not detract from the excellent quality of food served. Tater tots drowned in queso, topped with bacon and spicy veggies, may be the greatest culinary discovery known to man. Their Blue Louie burger alongside these loaded tater tots was a pleasant mouthful.
The bar is the center of attention, visually pleasing and appropriate for the setting. Bar Louie is not a family friendly restaurant, but is suitable for a more mature audience.

With the potential of a flourishing restaurant and bar, their Bensalem location across from the Neshaminy Mall might doom their business. The awkward spot next to Home Depot housed a Ruby Tuesday and a Marlin and Rays before Bar Louie.