Personal Review: BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

 

BJ’s is a chain restaurant who opened one of its three location in Ohio at the Polaris Mall shopping center a few years ago. BJ’s features a full bar, a wide selection of dishes also including what seems like a never ending combination of types of pizzas, and t.v.’s scattered throughout every angle in the restaurant which makes BJ’s a full house during major sports games.

They also feature a curbside takeout (as most chain restaurants do now), happy hour specials, kids/takeout menus, and on Monday-Friday from 11 P.M.-3 P.M. is when the lunch specials starts.

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BJ’s is by no means a romantic place. At this specific location, it was pretty loud and had a bar-like feel too it (well it does have a bar as stated in the beginning). It’s definitely a casual place that would be a great restaurant for those looking for a place to dine-out with a group of friends.

Out of the many times I’ve been to BJ’s, I’ve only had to wait to be seated once and it was only a 5-10 minute wait. The hosts/hostess are all welcoming and promptly seated my boyfriend and I to a small booth. The servers we’ve had were very attentive and quickly brought our food to us.

I typically would order different things every time I go to BJ’s, but for this specific review, I ordered their Mediterranean pizza as well as their mozzarella sticks for an appetizer.

The mozzarella sticks were really good, I noticed it was not salty like most mozzarella sticks I’ve tried at other restaurants. The pizza was just as excellent.

Overall, there is not much to say other then this is one of the better chain restaurants out there.

Polaris Founders Park

A 1.5 acre park, known as the “Polaris Founders Park”, was opened in the Polaris area behind the Microsoft office building at 8800 Lyra Drive on October 5th, 2011. Some features of the park include a one mile walking path, a gazebo, two waterfalls, and an intricate 35 foot sculpture of the Polaris Star.

The park was developed by the founders of Polaris and was inspired by Bob Echele, who was the visionary behind Polaris. The developers planned the creation of the $500,000 park five years ago and kept in mind Echele’s love for the Japanese culture and Colorado Mountains, as well as the visitors and workers of Polaris.  Franz Geiger, Limited NP manager and other founders held a dedication ceremony for Echele, which was marked as the parks’ official opening.

Polaris Founders Park is now open to the public.

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[Edit]: Recently went to the park and it was closed off as you can see from some of the pictures above. Nonetheless, it looked beautiful from what could be seen.