Village of Ballston Spa
The Front Street Social Club

The Front Street Social Club

52 Front St, Ballston Spa, NY, 12020, Village of Ballston Spa, United States

Pubs • Cafés • Tapas • American


"So this place is super cool! It has a great bar, a great atmosphere, and great service! My wife and I arrived yesterday and were promptly seated and our drink orders were taken. We then put food in pretty quickly. We ordered the cherry glazed shrimp, the nachos, the street corn, and the sweet potato fries. We'll start at the beginning. First off the drinks were fantastic! The bartender really knows what he's doing, that's for sure! Ask for the food, it's a bit of a different story. So for the most part, everything had the potential to be really good. The only thing that everything was locking was intensity of flavor. Everything was bland and needed salt and seasoning. The shrimp were cooked well and had a nice red cherry glaze and the salad around. It was kind of a cabbagey mixture. It reminded us both of the inside of a egg roll you get at a Chinese restaurant. Kind of an Asian flavor. The street corn came with two roughly 4-in pieces of corn that were lightly deep fried in something but again lacked flavor . Once I added more salt than I thought I would need to, it tasted okay. But would have been better if the salt was incorporated when cooked. Same with the sweet potato fries. They were well cooked but had a lot more sugar than salt. I really wish they had had a good Melba sauce to go with it. The ranch sauce they provided was actually pretty good but I'm a Melba guy through and through. And finally the nachos. Had a great sauce on top but I wish I had more. The meat was perfectly cooked but again unseasoned. It seems to be a common theme up here in the north with blander food. But it's an easy thing to fix! We ordered a second round of drinks at this point which also were fantastic. My wife got the 007 vodka gin martini and I got the pain killer. Very well made and high quality! The atmosphere in this place is awesome, we will definitely be back but when we order food we'll definitely have to specify to have it well seasoned."