Al Fresco's

My boyfriend and I live in the area at tried this place a while back. I remember it being very good at a plus that they had gluten free options. Every time we want to go somewhere to eat and not spend $$$$ in town or eat steak at Longhorn I think of this place. Tonight I knew we would be nearby at going out so I got it in my head that we were eating here. Couldn't remember why we didn't come back... I was looking forward to a drink with my dinner tonight and noted the bar by the front entrance that didn't seem occupied as if no one comes here to drink. We sit down, my BF says to order him a beer while he uses the restroom. The server comes over, I ask for a drink menu and apologetically explains they do not serve but it's BYOB and some liquor stores nearby. Sure- we are finally seated at a table to eat dinner- let's pack it in and get back in the car so go drive to the liquor store. Not that we couldn't survive without it I'm searching my mind for a reason why there's absolutely no mention anywhere that is BYOB?? Finally we were ready to order some soft drinks and I wanted a GF menu which is advertised on their site (I was purusing their menu online earlier in the day when I decided I'd like to go there for dinner) and it says specifically "ask about our gluten free menu". I order my drink at ask to see the gf menu and again a shrug of regret as the server begins to apologize that they don't have one at the moment, but that most everything can be made GF except they can't do the eggplant gf right now. Am I going to finally pick a meal at you tell me I'm so sorry normally we have that but tonight we're out of that?? It took a really long time for our food to come out. My BF was already tired and wishing he was home already so I was getting antsy watching every time someone popped out from the kitchen to see if they were bringing our food... Worried he'd get impatient and say something about how long it's taking, blah blah. The food came and it was great. I had to wait about 10 minutes after the food arrived to see our server again and wave him down to get his attention and ask for parmesan cheese. I was going to steal the shaker from the adjacent table who had just left but before I could the waitstaff cleared it all away. The food was delicious, I really was enjoying it and wanted to keep going even though I was full but asked for a little box The prices weren't horrible and I'd eat there again but man... Did Covid just break people beyond hope?? How hard is it to 1: clearly advertise you're BYOB 2: offer instead cocktails and non alcoholic stuff atleast 3: get a liquor license?? 4: train your staff to be more attentive and check on your customers a occasionally and be sure tables are properly set. 5: invest in some real Parmesan cheese instead of fake stuff in a shaker that won't come out 6: can you print some gluten free menus or some more obvious indicators of what contains gluten or but?

Great fettuccine alfredo and pizza. Good gluten free options.