September 2018 by Derek M.
I have been a very dedicated regular of this place for 7 years now, and over the years I have gotten to know the staff very well. It has been my home bar for years and I have enjoyed every minute of it, until recently. This, and all of the bars owned by Billy Porter have just gone down hill over the last year or so. And honestly I blame management, specifically the GM Katie Bragg. There was allegations about a rape this last February that happened in the bathrooms which to my knowledge, correct me if I'm wrong, is still an open case with the RCPD. And in response to this the GM, Katie Bragg, and owner both claim never happened, and the victim is just simply lying. They also did absolutely nothing to assist in finding the attackers, nor seemed to even care. They just brushed it off and moved on. Seems kinda shadey to me. And that's just O'malleys. One of Billy Porter's other bars, The Salty Rim, on more than one occasion has had an issue with their bartenders/security aggressively screaming profanities at the patrons at the end of the night. The most recent resulting in a bartender, and supposed manager on duty, aggressively chasing after a female, into the streets of Aggieville, assulting 2 more women on the way! While I will say the bartender was assulted first, by means of a drink being thrown in his face, that by no means calls for him to chase the women down, far off the bar property, threatening and assulting people in the process. I don't care how drunk and disrespectful the patron is, you have no right to hunt them down in the streets! Clearly this is a management issue. And it makes complete sense. Katie Bragg just needs to be replaced. I mean this is the same women, that for at least over a year, would be completely black-out drunk EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT on the clock. I know because every Tuesday I would go in there, her co-worker Michaela would be in a horrible mood and would complain to me about how, and I quote, "Katie is wasted again, so guess who gets to do all the work, me!" I'm not exaggerating, she would, and still does get completely wasted ON THE CLOCK! I don't think that's legal is it? Oh also Billy Porter, if you actually read this, she has literally stolen THOUSANDS of dollars from you over the years! If I had a nickel for every time I saw her hand out free drinks to people, myself included, I could buy O'Malleys from under you and fire her myself. Again, pretty sure that's illegal, to hand out free alcohol? Isn't it? Anyway, plain and simple I, and many other pretty loyal regulars, will definitely not be returning to O'malley's, or to any other establishment that is managed by Katie Bragg! Billy Porter you really should start looking into who you hire to run you business! Good luck keeping your bathrooms safe and your bartenders on a leash!