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| - I'm thrilled to have G&B within walking distance of my house. As others have commented, the interior is gorgeous. It reminded me of a Door County restaurant, one of those that has been there for ages.
The menu is not extensive, but there is enough variety that everyone in your party should be able to find something they would be happy with. In fact, I think the menu choices do a great job of covering a lot of different preferences with a minimum of options. I have been to other restaurants with far more extensive menus and found fewer choices that were appealing to me -- I don't eat red meat or poultry but I do eat seafood and fish. In some restaurants I may have a single option on a very large menu, yet at G&B there are several I could eat.
I have eaten there twice -- very good, not "gourmet" but a cut above the regular bar/sandwich place for sure. I am not sure I understand the critiques of other reviewers who downgrade G&B for being the kind of restaurant it is, rather than the kind of restaurant they wish it was. If it's a casual local gathering place, then that's what it is. And not everyone wants a big haystack of fries automatically with their sandwich. It's wasteful. The cole slaw that is served with the sandwiches lacks flavor, in part because it is dished into the serving cups long before it is served so the dressing sinks to the bottom. If you don't know this and don't stir it up before you eat it, you get plain cabbage for the first few bites. Even so, the dressing is pretty bland.
As I'm not a sophisticated drinker the lack of a drink/beer menu doesn't bother me, but I get how that should be remedied. My only other issue with the place is not the fault of G&B but with the patrons. Both times I have been there, parents have allowed small children to scream and/or run around while they sat either oblivious to the behavior or assuming other patrons would find this adorable. There are clueless people everywhere but casual dining is rife with them.
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