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| - I'm totally a fan of the craft beer trend. I don't drink a lot but I do enjoy having a beer every once in awhile, usually while I'm at a bar with my dad watching hockey. My dad is a HUGE beer drinker, but not one of those bud light cans while grilling hot dog beer drinkers. No, my dad tries a new beer every week. There could be blueberry ale, banana lager, or a chocolate stout in my fridge at any given moment because my dad thought it would be cool to try. So in a sense, we Ohioans owe a lot to Great Lakes for being the first microbrewery in Ohio and making it a thing in this state.
After a trip to the Westside Market (visiting markets in cities is also one of our favorite things to do, and the Westside Market is MUCH bigger than Cincinnati's Findlay and Columbus's North), we decided to stop by Great Lakes. After all, it was right across the street and offered German and Polish delicacies as well as their beer. And there's a gift shop. Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhh, gift shops.
The restaurant is split into sections: the brewhouse, taproom, beer garden, beer cellar, and a couple of others I honestly can't quite remember. We opted to sit in the beer cellar section, which is essentially the basement of the establishment. They have three booths, a small bar and a few tables to sit at. There are fermentation tanks in the cellar that make beer only for the restaurant, so if you eat here you can get beer you won't be able to purchase in grocery stores. Our server Allie was very attentive and explained the different brews they had for the day as well as giving us a thorough backdrop of the history of the Ohio City district. My dad and I noshed on the sausage appetizer platter (we did just stuff ourselves at the market) while enjoying the environment.
You have to like beer to really enjoy this place. I know it sounds obvious but many times people go to bars or restaurants thinking "well, they'll have food I can enjoy or TVs or such". While that idea isn't different here because the food is good and the atmosphere is casual enough to bring the kids, if you really want to take in and immerse yourself in the history of it all, you have to like beer. Otherwise, you're just going through the motions of going out to a restaurant. This is a cool place that beer lovers can appreciate.
Oh, and don't forget about that gift shop. I got this totally kick ass hoodie that my local Starbucks barista is jealous about. Yeah, hoodies!
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