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On my first visit here (and possibly last?), I was ravenous and delighted in page after page of appies, entrees, burgers & sandwiches, seafood and so forth. It's truly American dining at its "Canadianest".
Mussels (my first love) are only $7.99 and their beef burger sliders were about the same. Fiance and I started with those -- the sliders were massive. Like, a tiny bit smaller than McD's kid size burgers and there were four of them!
I ordered a veggie burger with a side of yam fries - the server wasn't on top of his game at all that night (or is that typical? I won't comment on that) and thought I ordered the fries as a starter, so out came this plate of pretty looking yam fries. Until I actually ate a few -- they were not fresh, like they'd been sitting for awhile under a hot lamp.
I took one bite of the veggie burger and almost puked -- it reminded me of Chinese herbal medicine. Needless to say, the server took it off the bill (but still charged me for a full appy size yam fries). At that point, I didn't bother to complain anymore.
I guess the only highlights of this dining adventure would be the beer and the dessert. Fiance ordered one of those yard-long beer flasks...I think it was Sapporo and I ordered a brownie dessert that came in a mini-martini glass. We thoroughly enjoyed each.
I really don't think I'll be back. Of course, that won't matter to Pickle Barrel since they probably make a killing from servicing the movie-going crowd.
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