Cogans Pizza
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In Short
An eclectic collection of toys, paintings, statues and other collectibles line the shelves in the bar's cramped interior. A small stage, barely the size of a couple of pallets shoved together, holds a solo guitarist (or a four piece rock band if the musicians don't jump around too much). About half a dozen tables are scattered throughout the dark room, leaving many customers standing during sets. Thanks to its open-mic Tuesdays, this tiny space has become a springboard for fledgling Norfolk musicians. On a good night, when a local favorite plays, getting inside can verge on the impossible.
User Reviews
Norfolkites
June 30, 2009
I had been out of the area for a couple of years and was excited to be getting back to Norfolk, and my favorite haunt, Cogan's. Good grief! What has happened!? I went in there with a couple of friends for a pie and beers on a Sunday afternoon...hoping history would be favorable...it was not. The service, if you can call it that, was just wrong. Rude, borderline abusive, oh, and make sure that if you pay with a credit card you circle under and bold face the total and compare it with the other slip...a fifty dollar bill mysteriously became eighty! Where is, or what happened to Fillipowski? It was a tight place back then, but not now. Oh, and if you look real closely around the baseboards, you might see Cogan's new mascot. No longer the gorilla, it is now a cucaracha. For some reason CitySearch would let me write what I really meant to say ?
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privatemoon
January 21, 2009
What happened to Cogans? I have been working in this industry for ten yearsm an own my own restraunt. It seems they need to higher better waitstaff in the Ghent area. I was in recently with my wife, we ordered a pizza and a picher of beer. The beer was warm. And recently it seems we just get lousy service, they were not as attentive as they used to be. I give this place one star because for a unique place as it maybe it is not what it used to be. Lousy food, lousy service. lousy health standards
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lovetohate
December 29, 2008
A friend and I decided to eat at Cogans around xmas. I have never actually ate there before (just drank late night) and I will tell you I will NEVER eat there again. I ordered the spinach chicken pasta. I maybe had about two bites when I crunched down on something. Immediately I knew it was a b u g and a HUGE one at that. I exited the b u g into a napkin and ran into the bathroom to p u k e. The friend I was with called over the waitress and showed her the critter. It was bad enough that I had a b u g inside of my mouth, but the customer service was even more disgusting. Naturally, since I had a little more protein in my food than expected, my friend could not eat her food. I mean, would you? The manager told the waitress to take off the pasta. We asked to speak to the manager. She came out and we explained to her that my friend could not eat her food and it should be taken off. I have been a waitress before. If this situation ever happened to us the table would not have to pay for anything. Because that is good customer service. The manager refused to take off my friends food, or the fries and 1 beer I had ordered. I didn't want to argue because I wanted to go home and clean my mouth. To me it looks bad for a restaurant not to comp food when something like this happens. Our complaint was legitimate, and the r o a c h was the proof. The manager kind of shrugged us off and said "well this kind of stuff does happens". That comment ticked me off even more. I should not have had to pay for anything except the tip. Cogans just lost a few customers, because bad news spreads like wild fires.
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Category:
Pizza, Nightclubs, Restaurants, Bars & Pubs
Payment Methods:
Cash, Discover, Visa, MasterCard
Cuisine:
Bar & Club Type of Music:
Alternative Rock, Punk, Rock & Pop, Hard Rock & Heavy Metal
Bar & Club Special Features:
Smoking Permitted:
Yes
