Cronies - Hagaman

-This food is warm and has some flavor. -The beers are cold. -I hear the pizzas are ok, and I see a ton of people picking them up. -Dinner specials are $12-$15 and include a soup or salad, entree, vegetable(s) -The waitresses are making an effort at being 'friendlier ' The only shitty part of the place is that they have this woman and her child that are always there and screaming. They 're seemingly always there and every other table complains about them to their respective tables. They let the little girl run up to other tables and bother the patrons. It 's a pleasure when you hear the mother scream that they 're leaving. Overall, stick your head in the door, see if the loud people are there, and if not...stay. If they are, summon all your patience or go elsewhere.

I saw an article in the local paper about Cronies in Hagaman which said the pizza tasted like a restaurant that had closed a while back that was located in Amsterdam. Remembering that pizza we decided to try Cronies takeout. When I walked in I said Hi with no response. A waitress came over and I said I was early for the pickup but would like to pay for my items. She asked my name and walked away not seeing her for a while. Another waitress came out and the same conversation was done. She was friendly. While waiting a few locals came in being greeted with friendly banter. Before I left a gentlemen came in and was talking to, I believe the owner, about the COVID-19 issue and started saying that the people on welfare are not suffering due to any pay cuts and mentioned about a recent food drop off for people that made him mad enough to call his local legislator . I work for a local agency and manage the food pantry. While a small handful do seem to take advantage of the system the majority do not. This person should volunteer in a pantry and hear their stories. You may be surprised. I was still looking forward to the pizza and wings we ordered. The wings were good but the pizza was not tasty and was on the dry side. I will not be going back.

If it were possible, I would have given a quarter of a star review, so just keep in mind one star is generous. So, when you pull into a place you have been in the past because it 's past dinner time and other places were either closed or busy, you have to lower your expectations. That being said, I have had decent meals there in the past. Not exceptional, but edible. This time, I would have hoped for edible. When we sat down, the waitress informed us there were no mashed potatoes or fries available. Odd being that there are chain grocery stores literally about 2 miles away. But oh well. I was hungry. My girlfriend ordered the eggplant parmesan sandwich. Seemed like a safe bet. Her son ordered the Cronies burger I asked for a half order of wings and hoped the potato skins were pre made and still available despite the great Hagaman potato famine of 2016. But alas not.... So I opted for the Yin to chicken wing yang and got the vegetable du jour green beans. Order #1 Eggplant parmesan sandwich The roll it was on was grilled on the inside. Or should I say crusted with grease to the point that a hacksaw would have been needed to cut through it. So much for some tasty, sauce laden bread. Which by the way was straight from the Sysco can. Order#2 Cronies burger The boy ate a couple bites and then grazed on the lettuce, tomato and onion. Why? Because the burger tastes like it had been boiled in used dishwater. We both tried it and agreed. Order #3 Half an order of wings and green beans aka the Cronies Yin Yang due to lack of spuds. The wings were cooked crispy as asked. The sauce was just straight Frank 's Red Hot, no butter or other spices. Edible, but not the first thing I would desire after being stranded on a desert island for years. The green beans were straight from the Sysco can as well. Complete with juice from the can. No butter or other attempt at seasoning. Oh and let 's not forget that fountain sodas are a high cost, high overhead item for restaurants. No free refills on that 7 cents worth of beverage that they charge $2 for. Total bill for cuisine I wouldn 't feed to an ISIS informant I wanted to extract information from? $28. Should have gone to Burger King. Probably would have been cheaper and at least you know what the impending stomach ailments will be. I patiently await dysentery. Stay away, far away. Unless you like lousy food and stomach cramps

Went here off a recommendation from a hagaman native for a special family date night out. Sat in the back closet to the kitchen as we have our 1.5 year old with us. Was there for an hour before receiving any food for our child which we put in that order first thing. Witnessed a loud unprofessional kitchen fight the trickled out into the dining room very close to our table. Employees then chatted with us about the incident after taking their smoke breaks to calm down and compared the situation to an episode of Hell's Kitchen. From what we experienced I couldn't agree more with that comparison. Gordon Ramsay check this place out! When we received the food it was piping hot with oil dripping from the highly undercooked thick French fries. We asked if they didn't mind putting it in the fridge to cool down. Then when it was brought back to us I noticed 2 hairs on the plate. That's when we knew we didn't even want to wait any longer for our food. I spoke with the owner who was far from forgiving for the bad experience and offered nothing to correct their mistakes. I'm disappointed and headed home to cook a late dinner for my little one. I will never go to or suggest cronies to anyone ever.

Why order a calzone when you can buy giant bread baby full of all the meaty goodness of a full size pizza? I ordered one and when it came I turned to waitress and said This is so big I could rope two together and escape Cuba She said what At the time American Cuban relations weren 't what they are today. So the joke was funny, she didn 't seem to understand it but she seemed to have a lot on her plate. But not as much as me WHAT A BARGAIN !