I'll be honest...the only time I ever heard of a cheese curd was in the Little Miss Muffet rhyme. Thank goodness Banter came up next on our supper club list! I'd heard of Banter and that it was a smaller place with a very chill vibe and delicious food. The place lived up to the hype!
I wouldn't consider eating at Banter unless you're saying "F it" to your diet that day...holy cheese curds! We ordered the fried cheese curds with homemade ketchup (marinara? I'm actually not sure what it was ) appetizer and WOW. It's like a mozzarella sticks that was elevated to the next level, lightly fried and covered in a seasoned flakey salt. Delicious. As our entrees, my friend and I opted to share two different poutine dishes. She got the Thanksgiving dinner poutine (fries, cheese curds, turkey and gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce) and I got the chicken paprikash poutine (fries, cheese curds, spaetzle, chicken paprikash and like a sour cream drizzle). Both very tasty but I loved the Thanksgiving dinner dish. I think it was the turkey gravy that really hit it home.
The space is on the smaller side but it's cozy. There's a small bar and you can go into the retail shop next door and buy beer/wine to bring over to enjoy.
Overall I liked Banter a lot but it's not somewhere I could go to eat that often...my pants would never fit!!