Julie Reiner’s Clover Club may be the cocktail spot of the moment — making it an easy target for a take-down such as the Observer’s — but the Voice is just getting to the bar du jour before it, the Rusty Knot. Sarah DiGregorio thinks the shepherd’s pie recalls school lunches, the “faux-cheesy shtick” is a little irritating, the tiki drinks are “subpar and expensive” (they waver between flavorless and too sweet, depending on who makes them), and the food is “fine, but forgettable … It’s meant to be pub food, but when there’s a well-known chef running the kitchen, you expect really, really good pub food— and much of it isn’t.” Ouch. One thing DiGregorio doesn’t mention is the jukebox that spits out “Hotel California” five times a night— but then, we’ve already covered that.

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