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| - I always respected CBW if only because these guys were way ahead of the craft beer revival. They opened in 1996. Think about how crappy the beer landscape was back then. Yeah I was like 8 years old but if I had been older I would've been faced with the choice between Bud/Miller/Coors or worse. Penn Brewery (opened 1986!) and this place were pretty much the shining rays of hope in a thoroughly uninteresting universe of beer sameness.
So yeah, having a local spot churning out fresh and creative offerings must have been awesome back then. But now, I'm sorry to say there's just too much out there that is better and readily available. I find the regular beers here too safe and the more adventurous ones to be unrefined in execution or just bad ideas to start with.
Here's what I do like: the atmosphere, outdoor seating, pizzas, and especially the nontraditional pierogi of the day. This inspired me to do all kinds of crazy stuff to Mrs. T's at home. Just throw anything on, seriously. I have yet to find something that tastes bad...sriracha, frank's red hot, dinosaur bbq, sweat & sour chili from trader joes, a million others, it's impossible to go wrong.
But despite this whole Pierogi Picasso thing it inspired, the focus is still the beers, and until I see some better output I can't imagine returning frequently.
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