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| - This is a really good place for Tega Cay/Fort Mill area. I went on a Friday night. There was a relatively small crowd. Almost everyone was sitting outside in the patio area. We chose to sit inside, and were almost alone in the dining area. I saw the picture on Yelp of the Barrel Table, and figured I needed to sit in that. Check it out if available. Its unique. The first thing you notice here is a great craft beer selection. They probably have 20 different beers on tap and a large selection of bottles. First, I ordered the Unknown Over the Edge IPA. This was pretty good. However, on my second I ordered the COAST Boy King double IPA. If you haven't had this, then I just gave you a reason to stop what you are doing right now, and drive immediately to Patriot and order it. It was fantastic. I tried to visit Coast brewery in Charleston earlier in the year, but they close relatively early on Friday's. This is the first time I've seen Coast available in our area.
For those who don't want beer, they had 8 wines by the glass. My wife had very good red blend. Sorry, I forget what it was. But I think it was the only red blend on the menu. Paso or something.
They had a good selection of appetizers. We went for Fried Pickles which were very good. Sometimes friend pickles can be a little greasy, but these were very good, not greasy.
For food, my wife and daughter ordered the 8 oz sirloin steak, mashed potatoes, and mac and cheese. I never like ordering a steak at a non-steak place, because you usually don't get a good steak. This steak was just ok. Disappointing, it was over cooked. My wife ordered medium, but this steak was probably past well done. That pretty much kills a steak. My daughter ordered medium well, and her's wasn't quite well done, but close. Anyway, I don't recommend the steak here and that's one star deduction. It was really the only thing poor about our experience.
My daughter's boy friend got a burger and he said it was very good. I got fish and chips, which was recommended by the waitress and it was excellent.
Several on Yelp complained about the slow, inattentive service here, so I was mindful of that, actually expecting it. However, our waitress was very friendly, attentive, helpful. The kitchen service was a little slow, but not terrible. We were not in a hurry, so it was fine. In fact, after we ordered our food, we went over and played a game of pool. They have a cool area with 2 pool tables, a basketball ball shooting game, a skee ball game, and a couple of other small games. This would be a good place to give your kids a few dollars and let them hang out, while the adults talk. Or you Dad's can go show off your skills and beat their pants off in a game of pool.
After dinner we went out to the patio area where Chris Holder, chrisholdermusic.com, was setting up to play guitar. We had another drink outside and spent a couple of hours hanging out there, listening to good music. The waitress said they have live music every Friday and Saturday night. And they were having an Unknown Brewery event in the outdoor area the next evening.
Overall, this was a great addition to Tega Cay and a great place to go hang out, and its kid friendly, with great craft beer selection and decent food.
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