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| - I love love LOVE finding places that blow away expectations based on various criteria. For instance, who expects to find culinary creativity executed wonderfully on Rt. 83 in Grafton at the intersection of nowhere and nothing? Yeah, me neither.
So, I only had chicken wings (plain with homemade BBQ and Garlic Pesto on the side, served with veggies and an awesome homemade gorgonzola sauce), but they were done to perfection. My wife got adventurous and got the Meatloaf Sliders (new menu just happened recently so this isn't on the website menu) which were great. They put mashed potatoes and meatloaf on two smaller buns and it was excellent. I'm sure there was more to the dish than this but it's what I remember.
They've got a VERY adventurous menu--fitting of a trained chef not afraid to express himself. And if the rest of the food is as interesting and tasty as what we had last night, we'll be going weekly--and it's a 30 min drive for us, too.
Service was excellent and I have a sense these people LOVE where they work. It shows in how they interact with the crowd. The atmosphere is "clean country tavern," nothing fancy but warm and comfortable. Great juke box with tunes from Sinatra to Five Finger Death Punch (loved their version of Bad Company).They've got a great deck, too, which means we'll be heading here when the weather gets nice again in about 3 years.
If you're looking for prototypical bar food save the gas and go to your closest Winking Lizard or Cleats (both of which do what they do well), but if you want something different, bit more upscale, and unusual enough you'll be telling family and friends about it, give The Jailhouse Tavern a try. It's absolutely different and absolutely fun. Can't wait to go back.
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