I stopped here earlier today with my wife for lunch. The previous day I had read an online article that Cinderlands Brewing was opening the next day. Since the infamous Lawrenceville Cookie Walk was going on I thought it would be a great day to grab lunch with my wife and then do the cookie tour. We arrived to the restaurant right around 11:30 and were told we were the first sit down customers which was pretty cool. They proceeded to take us to the back room which is a fairly open space with some cool string lighting. Beyond that they also had a front room with booths on one side and a bar on the other. Last but not least it looked like they had some seating upstairs as well.
As I often do whenever I visit new breweries I decided to order a flight of beer. They didn't exactly have a flight but instead had 5 oz pours for $2.50 and so I ordered all 5. All of the beers were actually really good with my favorites of the bunch being the passionfruit whipper (it reminded me of Hawaii) and the IPA (bright and hoppy) which should surprise no one who knows me. Then for our lunch my wife and I started with spent grain chiccarones (vegan except for the beer cheese) and I went with the brisket sandwich for my entree. Our chiccarones came out first and they were absolutely delicious. The chiccarones themselves were light and crispy and dipping them into the beer cheese was heaven. The beer cheese was good enough that I probably would have eaten just about anything in it. After we had finished with our appetizers the entrees came out. Both my entree and my wife's looked great and we dug in. The brisket sandwich was tasty as the exterior bread of the sandwich had a nice crust to it (a baguette) while the inside was meaty and juicy. The brisket was super tender and tasty and I especially enjoyed the red cabbage addition to it. I only wish that the mustard which I got on the last 1/4 of the sandwich had been more evenly spread. It came with a side of fries which were also really good and seasoned nicely. They were super thin (almost shoestring) which allowed them all to be crispy without a single one being overdone. The only miss on the dish for me was the tallo aioli but that probably goes down to a personal preference instead of it actually being not good. My wife ended up loving her Brassica which had some great Thai flavors to it.
The bottom line for me is I would head back here again in the future. All of their beers were really good (some of the best that I have had recently) and their food was delicious too! As far as a grand opening goes it was incredibly successful too as everything ran smoothly and we even had both the chef and owner talk to us before we left.