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| - I'd hoped to spoil my dinner by first heading to Nadege nearby for some desserts, but for me that experience was quite underwhelming and unsatisfying. Fortunately, Bellwoods Brewery came to the rescue on nearly every measure.
Unlike the typical American brewery site that I'm used to, which is more of an active warehouse that happens to have a tasting room but doesn't necessarily have good food - or any food, for that matter, besides occasional food trucks parked outside - this place feels more like a lively, upscale restaurant that happens to have a brewery inside.
As for their brews, I found the dry stout with cherries quite refreshing, and I positively chugged it down after a long day of touristy pursuits. The food was also an upscale surprise. This isn't run-of-the-mill bar food. It's all seriously good stuff. If you can see my photo below, the herb-rubbed porchetta with roasted carrots, creamy grits, gremolata was even more delicious than it looked, with the porchetta proving oh-so savory and juicy, the carrots adding a very crunchy texture to the whole dish, and the grits providing a soothing, satisfying foundation to it all.
Even more satisfyingly, while my dish, or everyone else's that I eyed, looked quite good, nothing was overpriced given the portion sizes or the apparent quality. Maybe my perception of the food and drink was skewed by an appetite that I'd primed up all day long, but when added to the lively ambience of the entire dining room and the engaging, but not intrusive, service, I was very impressed. Highly recommended.
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