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| - Hickory Tavern is a small but growing chain in the North Carolina. Serving dependable bar food with a great beer list, I can see why it's gaining popularity. They brand themselves as a steaks and oysters place, but they are really a sports bar basically (a tastefully decorated one though with minimal tschotkes).
And a biggie for us, they were open Christmas Eve. This location is relatively new and has a large, airy atmosphere with high ceilings and tons of TVs. I've been to the Pinehurst location before, and ordered the same meal at both locations, the delicious Carolina burger. As anyone that knows me knows, the best condiment for a burger is more meat. The Carolina burger offers that meaty condiment in the form of chili paired with mustard. The burger is above average (mostly due to only having two options for temperature, medium well or well done - they may as well ask if I want my burger bone dry or burned), but the fries steal the show - in between steak and shoestring in size, they were cooked perfectly. They also have 1554 (in addition to Fat Tire), which helps soothe my New Belgium beer cravings. I can imagine this place being great to watch NFL games on Sundays.
All in all, you can't really go wrong with Hickory Tavern - dependable food in a low key atmosphere with good beer. Things could be much worse in life. Now to get Red Oak onto the Hickory Tavern taps, and 1554 onto other restaurants taps.
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