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| - I'm not one to venture to Liberty Village too often, but this place will certainly bring me around more frequently. As a lover of craft beer, I knew before the place even opened that I'd be a fan. As an experienced visitor of new restaurants, I decided to give this place a few weeks after opening to work through the standard growing pains before trying it out. And here we are, a month after opening and I really have to say great things overall.
The beer selection, as many have mentioned, is pretty amazing. Lots of unique and rare options and the ordering of flights makes it a great way to try new things while revisiting tastes of the past as well. I feel like 1 of our glasses was incorrect (Spearhead Hawaiian tasted like a wheat ale instead of its normal pineapple infused pale ale goodness), but in the grand scheme of things it was a minor error and forgotten about 5 ounces later.
Food wise, admittedly is the reason this place isn't getting 5 stars. Started with the Lumpia Spring Rolls with positive results, especially enjoyed the banana ketchup. But then moved on to splitting a Craft Classic Burger, Pulled Pork Sandwich, and side order of Garlic Fries.
The burger was the better of the sandwiches, adequate in flavour and sitting within a nice brioche bun. Not the best or worst burger I've payed $10 for, so will remain indifferent on this. The pulled pork was super weak though. A rather disappointing amount of pulled pork put within a Sesame Seed Ciabatta. Now I love ciabattas, and am indifferent to sesame seeds, but this bun was just overpoweringly bready compared to the minimal amount of decently flavoured pulled pork and the lesser enjoyable apple sauerkraut flavours also serving as a topping within.
That said, the garlic fries are really delicious and come with a tasty aioli. PRO TIP: instead of opting for the $5 side of fries to the sandwich, order the appetizer sized plate for $6 and have enough for 2 people to share.
Service was friendly and the place seems adequately staffed for a Friday night, so here we are, true to my first paragraph... I'm a fan, and will be back!
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