I had a great time here the other night. I won a couple of passes for their grand opening celebration.
Walking in I was greeted by a couple of ladies who explained how the event worked and gave me a couple of tokens redeemable for any drink under $10 (no beer floats, sad face).
They had food stations setup throughout the restaurant so you could fill up small plates of samples to get a taste of their menu.
The event was self seating so at larger tables you had to cuddle up to strangers. This was fun though as my brother and I ended up sitting beside a 60-ish year old couple from Texas and chatted for an hour about beer...and Trump of course.
Craft had a ton of staff working. Our server was right on things with keeping our glasses full and getting us some of the food we ordered off the menu. There was a little bit of confusion with the runners bringing the beers out to the tables as when you have a few different groups at a large table it's hard to tell who ordered what. But they did a great job nonetheless.
I gave the fried pickles and wings a try. The pickles were great as well as the wings. For the wings they keep it simple, you get a choice of salt & pepper or hot.
The space itself is pretty large with two levels and a small patio out front. The front of the building out to the patio is wide open with tall windows so even if you're not right out on the patio you can still get a breeze and the sunshine. Upstairs there's tons of TV's to watch the game and the kitchen is also located there. It's open to the dining area so you can watch everyone's meals being prepared.
So many great things to talk about and I haven't even talked about the BEER yet! They have around 100 on tap and they're all craft selections (duh!). They're not only just craft, but the majority of the selection is local within Alberta. They do have some some great options from elsewhere too like Jerkface 9000 (Vancouver) and The Dutchess (Belgium).
Great to see Craft opening a second location in Calgary finally and it's awesome to have something like this at the south end of the city so I don't have to go downtown to enjoy some awesome craft beer.