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| - I wasn't sure what all the fuss was about Deagan's because it is basically a trendy bar that serves food, in a place where a number of previous bars have come and gone, and in the past I've been less than impressed with some of its contemporaries like Melt. However, after many rave reviews from foodie friends, we decided to check the place out and it totally lived up to its hype.
The list of beers on tap (I don't do bottles in a gastropub, bottles are for drinking at home) was nice - my husband could get his cherished Guinness and I could pick something flavored to my taste. For those complaining about the food menu being small, I would rather a place do one page of dishes really well than have everything and the kitchen sink on there and do half of it badly. I went for the chicken and waffles and they were OUT OF THIS WORLD. Nice n' moist and with a lot of savory touches that balanced the sweetness of the syrup. They came on a bed of brussels sprouts, which are one of my least favorite vegetables - let's just say I feel about brussels sprouts the way George Bush Sr. felt about broccoli - but they even managed to make the sprouts taste good! If you can make me clean brussels sprouts off my plate and go mm mm good, you deserve at least four stars right there. Husband was happy with his steak as well.
I'll confess to being mildly disappointed in the cheese and meat board appetizer because it (a) contained some sort of cracker jack popcorn as one of the ingredients that didn't fit with the other items very well and (b) we ordered a cheese, prosciutto and duck and while there were reasonable dollops of the cheese and prosciutto, we got ONE little slice of duck - not even enough to share between two people - and hidden under piles of the other stuff so we had to search for it on the plate. Not acceptable - I expect there to be enough of each meat and cheese that each person can have 2 crackers' worth. However, everything else was so good I decided not to take off a star for lack of duck.
The servers are more hipster bar types than trained pros, but they were enthusiastic, and our main table server checked on us a lot. Food was delivered quickly despite the restaurant being very full, and we were done in an hour. I also really appreciate that Deagan's has wood paneling and upholstery that absorbs a lot of the noise when the restaurant is full, especially since this is a kid-friendly establishment and there were people sitting near us with toddlers. You could still hear the buzz of people but I did not have to shout at my husband to converse. I wish more restaurants would take a lesson from this.
Overall, very good experience for the money spent. We'll be back!
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