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A friend and I came here after spinning nearby. After the torture session we wanted to reward ourselves. No better way than regaining all our lost calories!
We split an order of fries. They were fried in duck fat! Wow! Impressed. We got black garlic aioli on the side ($1). There wasn't enough aioli to fries ratio but the aioli was tasty.
We got Mac and cheese, which had several types of cheese on it. It was delicious!
Next up was the bison burger with a side salad. The salad was fresh tasting. The dressing was a bit sweet but it was still pretty good. The burger itself was delicious. We were able to order it medium rare, which was great. Most places require that the burger is cooked to a specific internal temperature, essentially destroying the meat, but if the restaurant grinds the meat themselves (from my understanding), that rule doesn't apply. It really makes a difference!
The servings were a good size. There were leftover fries and Mac and cheese, which we had no problem taking home. Both were still good the next day.
This place is not like any other pub. Most pubs don't fry their frites in duck fat (expensive), use freshly ground bison meat for their burgers (not already-ground beef), and they have fancy condiments (it's the little things). At the table they also have Himalayan salt grinders, one plain and one with black peppercorn. Definitely not your average iodized salt and tasteless black pepper shaker! I think this place was priced fairly for what it offered. The people complaining about price probably don't value or notice higher quality things and would be just as happy going to the Firkin.
Although, interesting to note, they appear to have rebranded themselves. Before I wouldn't have even thought of going in with the giant BOOZE "stamped" on their sign. It just screamed "trashy bar" to me. Maybe the people coming in and complaining about prices wanted a dive bar. Their rebranding definitely changed my mind about them and I'm glad I tried them out! From dive bar to gastrohouse... Awesome!
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