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August 31st, 2009
I find it very hard to believe that someone could remark negatively about this place. It is exactly what is was put out to be and done VERY well. You either fit or you don’t just like any other place people go to. If you feel uncomfortable walking into tavern on the hill, don’t go there. I you don’t like the place accross the street, go somewhere else. Most critics, whether food or art are usually those who can’t create something themselves so they chose to criticize others.
I went to this place not knowing what to expect and was impressed by the music, the food, the staff and the overall vibe. This place fits ME therefore I will go back many times over. It is eclectic, fun, safe and a great place to meet people you can relate to.
Spread the work and keep this place going…there is alot of great local talent and this is a perfect place for it to be showcased!
Visit and you be the judge….I loved it!
May 26th, 2009
I went to the Local Beat to have a good time, and that is what I had. The staff is really friendly, Joe is a super guy. I thought the food was awesome. I was really happy that there were some vegetarian/vegan things on the menu, which is almost impossible to find in this area. I tend not to worry if my chair is plastic, and focus more on the actual experience and energy of the place. I went looking for a fun and chill night out, and that is what I had. I would recommend this place to anyone who just wants to have a good time, and not spend their evening thinking up snarky and snide comments to post on the internet.
April 14th, 2009
New Cumberland’s ‘Local Beat’ is about food, art, community, coffee, rock music, and the belief that these things can exist together in a single room, mellifluously united. But for what it’s capable of, the 212 Third Street locale has misaimed. It is interested in too many things—it does not specialize, but throws its interests into a pot, hoping one big stir is enough to mix it thoroughly— and as a result leaves no lasting impressions.
The experience wasn’t entirely forgettable. New Cumberland does not have a lot to offer in the way of space, so it was no surprise that the foyer of Local Beat—which triples as stage, coffee shop, and restaurant— seemed a bit cramped, a bit chaotic.
The live music was good. And the art, sheathing the walls, provides evidence of the living, breathing underground scene of painters and photographers that exist in the area. The menu, however, could use a boost. The tapas entrees, ranging from chicken satay to a spicy mac and cheese, were good, but too safe. Each plate came with a mesa of red rice and beans or potatoes au gratin, which were good but also, as a fellow diner remarked, “nothing more spectacular than what you make at home.” And the prices, Suba-high, were too much for the presentation.
While BYOB brings a customer-friendly quaintness to the dining experience at Local Beat– not to mention business to long-time Mom and Pop bar, Carnahan’s, right across the street—on the whole, dinner was unimpressive, and the dingy linoleum flooring, plastic dining chairs and tables, and in-your-face stage intimate that one has not gone out for a relaxing, enjoyable dinner at a nice restaurant but has somehow wandered into a semi-formal high school dance— a set of mediocre distractions coercing a central social scene.
If what owner Joe Vandall set out to do when he opened Local Beat was to create a community gathering area, he has succeeded. What he has not done is created a restaurant I would go back to.