I met two of my girlfriends last night at Coughlin's Law and was excited to hit a new spot up in Mt. Washington. While, I love both Bigham Tavern and The Summit for food (and the Summit's cocktails), I'm not a huge fan of other casual restaurants in the area.
They had $5 mules as a special, I opted for a martini but my girlfriend got one and said they were really good. We decided to just order appetizers and share them. We shared kung pao shrimp, pretzel sticks, fried pickles and brussel sprouts. The pretzels were stock frozen pretzels that were tasty only in the fact that pretzels are inherently tasty. The beer cheese and whole grain mustard they came with were both good though! The kung poa shrimp was just fried shrimp with sweet thai chili sauce and peanuts on it. All in all tasty but nothing special. I honestly would have loved the pickles...they weren't overly breaded and they were thin and crispy. However, they were super super salty. I was pretty sad because they also came with a dill dip that was also really good. If they just didn't salt them after the fry, I think they'd be stand out for sure. The sprouts were probably my favorite! They were cooked really well and had a nice zesty lemon dip! Plus I'm always happy to eat sprouts at a restaurant that aren't covered in balsamic and truffle (though i love those too).
Overall, it was a decent experience with a good bit of room for improvement! The staff was super nice and my server seemed a little nervous but it came off kind of charming. I am sure I'll be back again and maybe my rating will increase!