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| - I don't eat burgers and I don't drink beer, so I'm not even quite sure what possessed me to drop in to the Buckeye Beer Engine. Maybe it was the fact that their menu boasts that they're vegetarian friendly? Which they are, if you're looking for deep fried vegetarian goodness or a mushroom sandwich.
I tried the fried pickles and thought they were pretty tasty. The breading was good. Had the deep fried mushrooms and thought they were ok. You could tell that they were made fresh at some point...but definitely not the day I was there. They were a little funky, as in "this mushroom is reaching the end of its life expectancy" funky. Oh well.
Wanting to eat something that wasn't deep fried, I opted for a portabella sandwich. I'm not the biggest portabella mushroom cap fan to begin with, and the one on my sandwich was not good. Not sure what it was marinated in, but the sauce plus the roasted red peppers and goat cheese was not my cup of tea. I only ate a couple bites of it. Good thing I opted for fries, or I would have been staring sullenly at my boyfriend while he ate. Although the addition of fries to me meal made my entire meal, well, fried. Healthy eating FAIL.
My boyfriend was able to enjoy a couple of craft brews and had what he called an ok burger. He's a bit of a burger snob, so it would be hard for anyone to top his burger creations, in his opinion, so I'd say that they burger was probably great. If you're into that sort of thing.
Definitely worth checking out if you like burgers and/or beer. If not, you might want to drink and dine elsewhere.
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