When Burke's first opened about 4 years ago, the outside dining area was not enclosed. I ate there twice and they had a waiting line out the door both times. The biggest problems were the inside dining area is small and with the high ceiling, it was either too hard to find a table and if you did the noise vibrated around that room and it was unpleasant. So outside we went, and the flys were everywhere. It was probably a year before they enclosed that area and by then, the clientele had vanished. Then they tried adding breakfast and opening on Mondays, but there are already many choices for breakfast.
The other big obstacle was being closed on Mondays. I think the landscapers and others prefer a place to go to that you don't have to remember what days they are closed. Also, the food wasn't anything special, I thought Sonny's was better, and so that is where we go instead. Plus at Sonny's you can get wings, corn on the cob, good fries, and lot more choices and with Oakwood opening in Wildwood, that didn't help either.
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