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| - People, English Pubs are good fun, but English FOOD is CRAP. So, why you would decide to add in the "Grille" feature to your cool English Pub is beyond me. And true to form as an English Grille, the Fox & Hound's food was, well, pretty crappy. I was given the choice of Subway or Fox and Hound for lunch today, and, admittedly, I would choose Fox and Hound over Subway again, but I'd probably just order a Guinness (Irish, I know) and call it lunch.
In *concept* the food at Fox and Hound sounds fine, "a grilled turkey sandwich with apple smoked bacon, cheese, and a honey mustard dressing on a pretzel bun" sounds pretty good. In *practice* the bun was soggy and not so good, the "bacon" had the texture and composition of Bacos and grilled turkey had something so unpleasantly unappetizing in it that I just swallowed it and prayed. My dining companion seemed to enjoy her meal, so perhaps the execution of my sandwich is sometimes better.
As a Pub, maybe the place is great, there were a few pool tables, several dart boards and the place had the dimly lit feel of your favorite pub in London (everybody has one of those, right?) although the cavernous space is distinctly American. I can't imagine that this "English" pub, in a strip mall, ever gets really fun, or rockin'. But, maybe, occasionally it does get a drunk old man humming a sea shanty or two. Just as if it was a real English Pub.
Because the Brits are our allies, and the Pub serves Newcastle, I will give the Fox and Hound the benefit of the doubt here and go with two stars. However, Fox and Hound English Pub & Grille (what's up with this faux-English spelling?) I will leave you with some wisdom from a man who spend much time in an actual English Pub, Sir Winston Churchill: "However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."
Toodles.
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