Elite Event: Yelpers Assemble!

Late to review, but better now than never. In a nutshell, the food and service at this event were excellent. I wish that more people took advantage of the chance to dress up though! For real… other than Halloween, when else do you get to play superhero! A few people participated; but many Unilocalers’ didn’t have a costume at all, and some costumes consisted of nothing more than a T-​shirt with a superhero on it. Come on y’all! If you can’t let loose at a costume party, when can you?!
As for the venue, I remember Glory Days being a crappy sports bar & restaurant that I used to go to after football games in high school. 15 years later, I was pleasantly surprised by their food and service. I especially enjoyed the Southwestern tacos, Buffalo chicken flatbread, boneless chicken bites, and ravioli. And the owner was very friendly and inviting. The private buffet room to make a plate of food was nice, but I wish our reserved section/​seating was a little more open and inclusive. It was one long stretch of tables that didn’t have a very communal feel. Many past events have been held as private events, so the whole restaurant was ours. But I guess we can’t always take over the place!

This was a low-​key event. I had fun and so did my plus 1. We met a really great couple as well. They were attending their first event in NOVA, and I think glory days was a fun, un-​intimidating place to start off.
Thanks to glory days! With many yummy eats, they really didn’t need to offer seconds, but did. The stuff was great. They said it was a part of their seasonal menu. I loved the margherita flatbread and the pub chips! PUB CHIPS! Homemade and spiced with old bay, winnnns all around! The southwest egg rolls were also a highlight. They even asked if we wanted more food, and extended happy hour until 9pm. The bags were great as well! Who can say no to a pint glass and some glory days BBQ sauce ;)

The good folks at Glory Days pulled out all the stops when they welcomed a group of Elites for a Veterans Day Superhero party.
We are relatively new to the area and always looking for eateries. Glory Days will be added to that list. A family friendly sports bar that takes their food seriously, Glory Days has enough TV to keep their diners entertained.
We have come to expect sports bar to offer great drink specials but lack originality in food. The menu at Glory Days definitely made an attempt to separate itself from the pack.
The regional manager and marketing director of Glory Days were very involved in asking for customer feedback and passionate about the business, signs of a good manager. If more businesses had managers like them, we would have less 1 and 2 star restaurants.
Special props to our waitress who worked her ass off taking care of us.

Calling all Unilocalers!!! Gretchen and her team at Glory Days in Fairfax through a relaxed and fun event last night. It was super hero themed and people were a mix of going all out and regular clothes. I donned a Captain America T-​shirt (I was going for patriotic for Veterans Day) and off I was mingling with my fellow Unilocalers.
The event was located in the bar area, with the food served in the back. Soda was free; beer and alcohol were on happy hour prices. I didn’t complain, I got a 22oz beer for just 3.99. For food, the staff at Glory Days served their new seasonal menu. I’ll be honest, I didn’t even know Glory Days had a seasonal menu. There was a good amount of food served and enough for people to get more than one serving. The standouts were the margherita flat bread and ravioli. I was pleasantly surprised by the ravioli. The pasta was cooked well and the sauce was good. Not too creamy so it overpowered dish, but the flavors of the sauce worked and complimented the ravioli well. The sauce also included bacon and let’s be real, bacon makes everything better.
The staff was really friendly and accommodating of our Unilocal event. They were patient and helpful and managed our section beautifully. It was also cool to hear from one of the original founders of Glory Days. I didn’t realize he managed the Burke location (that was our old stomping grounds in middle and high school). We also walked away with Glory Days Swag. Winning!
Super Gretchen, you’ve done it again! Thank you for hosting a fabulous Unilocal event!

Superheroes, super food, super fun.
Loved this event and seeing so many fellow Unilocalers get in the spirit and come as their favorite superheroes.
Glory Days put out a nice spread four us to try out some of their seasonal items. I loved the boneless grilled chicken «wings», the cheese ravioli (mmmm bacon), and the southwestern egg rolls were definitely a hot item. The house-​made pub chips were also really good and I appreciated having a couple healthier items in the hummus w/​veggies and fresh fruit platters. Bravo!
Thanks the Glory Days for having us and to Super Gretchen and her Care Bear minions for putting together another fun event for NOVA Unilocal

My first event in a while and I was so glad I made it! I was sad I couldn’t sport my Ms. Flash attire but it was still so much fun! Gretchen always makes it worth it.
I was a bit worried knowing GD was a sports bar but the banquet area was awesome and the big booths were so nice of them to give us!!! I know we can take up a lot of space!
But now, the important stuff, I’m a regular of the GD Burke location, so I know their good well & it’s good, but I’ll be honest… That ravioli was kick #% lol!!! We all said it, we all had seconds, some of us… (Blushing) thirds!!! And I love the grilled chicken, and the breaded is good too just not as healthy lol… I couldn’t eat the egg rolls but the looked great! And the new Margherita flat bread was flippin amazing! The fresh basil was out there and the balance of the salt… Perfect!
The swag… Glory sauce? Score! And pint glasses are always great for that back yard BBQ,
But the most important part was the staff… They were amazing and interactive and they wanted to make sure we liked the food and we’re happy. You could tell they wanted to be there and loved their food, their restaurant and their guests. That means more than anything!

First, Glory Days has the most attentive and friendly staff! It was hard to walk past an employee without them greeting you and asking if you were enjoying everything. There is nothing I love more than great customer service.
So why were we there? Apparently, it was to try the new seasonal menu. So, here are my faves:
* The boneless chicken wings with little breading. The meat was juicy and perfectly cooked. My only wish was that they had blue cheese (my absolute fave) as a dipping sauce.
* The eggrolls. I loved them and that delicious dipping sauce that they came with.
* Ravioli with bacon… need I say more?
I didn’t love the flatbreads… however, the margarita flatbread was surprisingly the standout of the three.
I do wish that they let us try some of their house favorites… you know, like the stable menu items. But luckily for me, I won the certificate so I plan on trying more of the menu soon!
Thanks to Unilocal,Glory Days, Gretchen and the Ambassadors for putting together a great event.

Fun fact: my husband and I officially met at this Glory Days. Flash forward 8 years later, Gretchen throws an Elite event here and obviously I jumped on the chance to attend, husband in tow.
Having been here many times I was initially nervous they would try to smush us all into the private room in the back, so I was relieved to see they had actually reserved a wall of tables in the bar area for us. Although, I think the private room was used well as the food staging area, the only drawback to this arrangement was it made it hard to mingle with other elites. I was also excited to see we had a couple of dedicated servers for the area. Unfortunately, I think we threw our server off, and I feel a little bad for this, when we requested regular menu items, but she bounced back quickly and the pretzels we ordered were delicious as always. IMO, you can’t go to GD without eating their pretzels… you just can’t.
Glory Days put out quite a spread for us. I was impressed by the variety or offerings. Everything was really good too! I loved their hummus and accompanying fresh veggies, their house made old bay chips were fabulous (GD: please put those on the regular menu, I will eat them all!), their grilled boneless chicken wings were perfectly cooked and were nice and juicy, and their ravioli was sinfully decadent! I wasn’t a huge fan of the passed flat bread, I would even argue that it was more of a Matzah than a flat bread, since I don’t typically think of flat bread being so dry and crispy… but the toppings were good, so maybe that’s just me. Seriously, that hummus though. YUM!
It was awesome meeting Jim and hearing his story. For all the times I have been to GD, I didn’t know the history, so that was pretty cool. Also, what a great goodie bag! Hubs and I are always on the lookout for a new bbq sauce and are excited to try GD’s at home. Plus one can never have too many glasses!
Thanks Green Lantern and Unilocal Care Bears for setting up another fun event for us! You ladies never cease to impress. :)

So this was my first official event as an Elite! And what a cool one to kick it off! First of all, it was SUPER fun (get it?).Gretchen and the team did a fabulous job as always. I’ve been to this Glory Days a few times and usually sat at the bar, I liked the area we had reserved but it made it a little difficult to mingle with the other Unilocalers other than back at the food area or the raffle pull– but that’s the nature of a bar, what are ya going to do about it? The food was nicely prepared and arranged in the back room which made the mingling at that time fun because who doesn’t love to chat while gathering noms? My favorite dish was the ravioli, I don’t know about you but I didn’t expect GDs to come out with a delicious pasta! The homemade chips were also FANTASTIC (they should be on the permanent menu). I also really liked the boneless wings and Glory sauce.
I brought my boyfriend with me, it was his first time experiencing anything Unilocal and we both walked away very pleased not only by the staff, food, the Unilocal Team’s effort but because WE BOTH WON things! I won a pair of the «Make Me Unilocal» hotpants and Travis won a $ 25 gift card to GDs! How exciting. I really enjoyed Jim’s speech about his time with Glory Days and the changes they make and the reviews they like to read. Overall excellent, fun Tuesday night! Thanks again!

This is my first event as an elusive «Elite 2014». The plus side is that Glory Days is one of my favorite pubs. Although we are regulars at the Burke location, we were looking forward to trying the Fairfax location.
The food was a sampling of their Seasonal Menu. I enjoyed the boneless Chicken bites complete with a choice of their sauces. My favorite was the hot wing sauce. I enjoyed the homemade chips and the Buffalo Wing Flatbread. My favorite sampling was from their catering menu– the White Chocolate Macadamia Cookie.
The management staff was efficient, helpful, and motivated. They made sure all the Unilocalers were fed well. Gretchen and her Care Bear stuff worked very hard to make this a fun and exciting event.
The Elite events are definitely a place to be. Our hosts work hard and the selected venues are definitely a way to enjoy Elite benefits.

SUPER FUN! Super Heros, super spread, and super venue! I love signing up for events that require costumes! OK, maybe I just love hiding behind a costume so I could super splurge on libations and food! No one understood my Wolverogue, costume-​cross between Wolverine and Rogue. the gloves didn’t give it away.
Parking was awesome, plenty of it! I have never been to this Glory Days location since the Burke location is a spit away from our home, so why venture off to any other location. This location hosted a nice spread of their new seasonal menu. Food set up was in their small party area complete with a flat screen tv. That was a plus while trying to decide on what to munch on… cuz there was plenty of it. The managing partner (who coincidentally runs the Burke location) was very inviting and encouraging with the all you can eat munchies. The marketing and managing staff passed out food samples and encouraged multiple visits to their food stations.
We enjoyed the very moist and yummy chicken breast bites. It was a fantastic idea to offer up the various dipping sauces. My favorite was their Southwestern Eggrolls. There was a slight kick to their bites, so no sauce needed there. The flat breads were a nice concept for Glory Days, and I enjoyed the hot sauce on the flat breads, very original. My favorite munchie was their White Chocolate Macadamia nut cookie, served to us in a huge tray and warm out of the oven. This is part of Glory Days Catering Menu.
The night could not end without a SUPER raffle and goodie bag giveaway! Although we did NOT win one of SUPER hot pants, I know the others definitely shared their excitement of winning! We walked away with some Glory Sauce and a SUPER beer glass and some great coupons and menus!
This was a SUPER night that we really enjoyed! Thanks to our SUPER HEROINE, Gretchen «I love the color green» P, and her SUPER STAFF!

Here for a Unilocal event. It’s pretty cool so far. The staff seems really excited to have us here. Ok, down to business. The food is pretty regular bar food. The boneless wings were cooked well and was juicy. (Yum) The southwest rolls were good. But I thought it was a bit over cooked. The ravioli was finger lickin. Over all. Not shabby. The staff was courteous. So I would come back but only if I want unhealthy food.

Great time at Glory Days tonight. The food that was served was delicious. I have to say, I like the seasonal menu. My wife and I both enjoyed the six cheese ravioli… possibly too much. The chips they served up were delicious. You can’t go wrong with fresh fried chips. The flat breads were delicious as well. The margarita flat bread is awesome, the buffalo chicken did not disappoint, but sadly, I didn’t try the BLT.
They extended happy hour for us and I’ll admit, not a bad deal. I have never hit a Glory Days for Happy Hour and I think the deals they have going are pretty good.
It was also really nice to see some familiar faces and meet some new ones. I am looking forward to another great event.

This was a fun event in a very hospitable setting! The venue, Glory Days, is a sports bar, with tvs in every direction tuned into every sports event on the planet. It was busy, even on a Tuesday, but the staff (both the Unilocalers and the Glory Days folks) were very welcoming.
Many of the Unilocalers got into the spirit of the event, wearing various costumes, from Catwoman to Quailgirl. It lent a fun atmosphere to the night!
The food was basically good bar food. There was LOTS. The raviolis were the best along with the Margarita Flatbread. The boneless wings were moist. The southwest rolls were a touch spicy and the sauces were excellent! The cookies at the finish were hot and moist! Yum!
My sole criticism is that the one server assigned to the Unilocal folk was pretty obviously overwhelmed. The drink service was pretty slow and the bills were slow to arrive at the finale.
Oh, I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge the excellent and very generous ‘goodie bags’ offered by Glory Days, that included a bottle of their delicious bar-​b-​q sauce and a beer glass.
All in all, a really fun evening! Good job everyone!

Another awesome event… hosted by the lovely Gretchen. Very relaxed and casual atmosphere. Celebrating everyone’s favorite superheroes. Huge Kudos to the staff at glory days who worked so hard to host the event and for providing delicious nommies. We got a chance to try some of their seasonal items.
Food choices… a nice fruit platter which by the way for a cater platter… has really good quality fruit. Fresh and delicious. There was also hummus. which was pretty flavorful even with raw zucchini which surprised me cause most people don’t like zucchini raw. but it wasn’t bad. There was also a six cheese ravioli which was very good. Lots of flavor bacon, tomatos fresh basil and a very flavorful cream sauce. There were grilled boneless glory wings which were surprisingly very tasty they were juicy and moist not dried out and really good with their mild sauce. The Southwestern eggrolls were okay… not my favorite but there is good flavor had a nice kick. There were 3 flatbread choices the Buffalo chicken flatbread, BLT Flatbread and the margherita flatbread. Flavor wise I have to give it to the margherita flatbread… I feel like it had more sustenance then the other two. The buffalo chicken was just okay it needed more chicken. The BLT flatbread was okay I didn’t really get much of the tomato it was more mixed greens and bacon which isn’t horrible but I think it need more tomato flavor. I did see chopped tomatoes on it but it just wasn’t a prominent flavor.
Table Bonus: We got to meet Community Manager and original owner of the Burke Location Jim. Who was nice enough to hook up our table with their «Amazing Fish Tacos». Which happens to be. $ 5.99 for 2 tacos and a side of chips and salsa on Tuesdays. Probably one of the best and most authentic flavor wise of a fish taco. Grilled tilapia… very well cooked nice crispy edge to the outside of the fish. Very moist and flavorful its topped with very fresh and crunchy cabbage and a chipotle sauce which rounds everything out. There is also a very fresh mango salsa on top which adds another layer of flavor. Overall one of the best fish tacos I’ve had.
Overall favorite nom of the night was the House made Old Bay Potato Chips. Fresh cut chips tossed in old bay seasoning is delicious and the perfect bar food. Loved them… i even had to sneak a few home they were so good. The staff was very friendly inviting and accommodating. A very fun event and its always great to meet new elites at these events. Plus we got to take home a bottle of glory days sauce I got the BBQ honey & Heat and their pint glass. Oops. i knew I forgot something… their cookies which are only available for catering orders lets just say its definitely good enough for a part buttery and delicious.

I typically dress up for Unilocal themed events, but this time I just reveled in the splendor of everyone else’s getups and creations! I was really impressed with Gretchen’s amazing makeup and costume, along with the other unique outfits like Quailman!
Overall, wonderful job to Gretchen and team! I can’t imagine how much time goes into these events, and I always appreciate being able to check out these cool, undiscovered spots!
With that being said, this event was great because of the Unilocal Team and the very nice and enthusiastic manager who made sure we all left very not hungry :)
We had an incredible spread which included everything from grilled chicken bites (yum and healthy!) to ravioli, southwestern egg rolls, hummus and fruit, topped off with a cookie! Drink specials were extended, although service was a bit slow and I heard that some didn’t initially receive the discount on their bill! Once I chased the waiter down for our bill, I saw that there wasn’t much damage done :)
We had some awesome prizes and giveaways! We were all given beer glasses from the restaurant, along with their special sauce and plenty of coupons! Woohoo! Four lucky winners won hot pants, another four won Unilocal water bottles, and two won gift cards so they can enjoy Glory Days anywhere! Now that I know about all the sweet HH deals here, I’ll have to return :)