Bart's Drive-in And The Beanery Bistro

The food was terrible. The hotdog was disgusting. The hamburger look like it was cooked two days ago. It is not the bart’s we all know and love. don’t think the new owners have a clue on how to make American food good!!! Also, the bathrooms were disgusting!! Would advise you stay away.

Ordered 2 simple hot dogs . One with mustard only , one with ketchup relish. This next step should have warned me to run. Paid with a credit card . She handed me the receipt to sign . I laid it on the counter in front of me and signed . When I went to pick it up , it stuck to the filthy ancient wooden counter . After carefully peeling it off I handed it to my non English speaking waitress. We waited and watched as an older woman came in to order a coffee and her request for what she wanted in it was milk . That 's it.... milk . Impossible to get that request through this waitresses thick skull. My orders up , so I take it and go back to my car. My wife opens her hot dog and it is drowned, I 'm talking soaking wet , absolutely covered in ketchup and relish. COVERED. Did I mention Covered. So much there was no way to contort her arm/ hands to lift it from its wrapper with being covered in these soaking wet condiments . Moving on I open mine and it 's covered in a river of ketchup. I bring it back in and clueless takes it from me and hollers through the 2 foot square hole in the wall , to the nit wit cook to make me another one. This time with the requested mustard . And this time , just a little bit of mustard. I wait and wait and wait for what seems like way too long to cook a hot dog on an already hot grill. He finally passes it through this 2 foot square hole to the waiting waitress. I go back to the car. My wife has finished Her hot dog after wiping it off with 7 napkins. I open my hot dog . Yup its mustard this time. But it looks like it ways lifted up with a pair of tongs and shoved into a baking pan full of mustard . I can only see the 2 ends of this hot dog and only the bottom half of the bun. We are laughing and my wife knows me well enough to stop me from going back inside and seeing if I can fit this into Gordon Ramsey 's ear hole . I get out and throw it into the trash barrel along with my wife 's napkin mess. I don 't even go back in for a refund. Smart move on my part . No ambulance ? or paddy wagon. Stay away from the disgusting slop house restaurant. Seriously, you 'll be sorry .

My first adult job was in Windsor Locks. I wasn 't from the area, and being the new guy, I didn 't have much of a say in group lunch spots. Bart 's was in rotation for dogs, burgers, fries, etc. Until this week, I hadn 't been to Bart 's for over 20 years. Since I was in the area, I decided to drop in. I quickly noticed that the menus referred to New Bart 's . Since I hadn 't been in over 20 years, the changeover could have been at any point. I asked. The ownership change was about a month ago . I missed the old team by a month. How crazy is that? Given the ownership change, I 'm not sure how accurate the 3 Star Rating is for New Bart 's, but it is what it is. I ordered a classic Bart 's Famous Dog with chili, relish, peppers, ketchup, mustard and Mayo. It 's an eye catching dog. The grilled reddish dog extends from both sides of the bun. There are strips of white and yellow. Dashes of red and green. Brown chili. I 'm sure it sounds like a mess, but the sweet, sour and salty flavors were well balanced. The dog, the brand of which I did not recognize, was cooked through and medium dense. The bun was pretty good. I tried to isolate the chili sauce to see if it was good. It didn 't really pop for me, but it worked fine with the other ingredients. Bart 's also has sandwiches, some seafood, chicken nuggets and fried rice. They have inside seating in an old school, no frills dining room. You can also get takeout or order delivery. This was a nice trip down memory lane. 4 Stars

Wonderful as always. The owner Don Trinks, who is also the Mayor of Windsor always makes sure everyone is taken care of. An institution of the region.

Cute location, very authentic roadside standish... however the best thing was the fries. The hot dogs we served in New England style rolls but not toasted!! Whaaaat. The Beanery is only open for breakfast which was a disappointment. And the dogs were... eeeh If you are really craving some fries and need an excuse this will work. But overall, not that clean of a location and leaves alot to be desired.