Public Beer Market has been open for a few weeks now and the atmosphere pretty nice. They have a large open space, a platform area that opens to the outside (perfect for hot days, almost like a patio), a VIP area for private functions upstairs and a games room complete with shuffleboard and two table tennis stations.
They have a wide selection of beers from craft breweries. The food is excellent here. The first visit I had the "PUBLIC NUISANCE". It's a great tasty burger. It had the perfect amount of charring on the outside and cooked perfectly on this inside. The fixings: Double Smoked Maple Bacon / Beer Battered Onion Rings / Aged Cheddar / Roasted Garlic Aioli /Red Pepper Relish / Pretzel Bun. I wasn't sold on the fries though which were too skinny for my preference. I ended up taking longer to eat my fries than my burger. The server was friendly and attentive.
On my second visit we went for lunch with a group of 4. Wednesday is $5/lbs wing day. The wings were pretty good. I ordered the truffle mac & cheese. I'm a huge fan of this dish as I really enjoy REAL mac & cheese (not the runny KD crap that some people might be used to). The truffle oil really helped the dish and the bits of bacon and sun dried tomatoes gave it pockets of different flavours. From the cheese, bacon, sun-dried tomatoes, I quite enjoyed the diversity of flavours and textures. It came with some garlic bread which was a nice accompaniment. If you're used to KD crap you may not enjoy this dish and it's REAL mac & cheese.
There was only one other party in the entire place and yet our food took about 20-30min to come out. It gave us time to play some games but most of my companions had to leave early to catch a 1pm meeting.
Great food, atmosphere and friendly and helpful staff. The only reason for four stars instead of the five is the wait time for the food. However, I'll be back for sure!