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| - Party of 12 on a Saturday? Lets try BW in Savoy... oh wait, it's a UFC night. They didn't even offer a wait time, just sort of laughed and were like "yeah right". So, we're like "where do you want to go?" looked around (while standing outside bw) and there's restaurants all over the place. How about the BBQ place right next to Tucks... "i don't like bbq" why not "i don't like bbq" THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS!!! Applebees? It's right there... no... geebus... how about... (name every restaurant)... finally... BRIXX. She calls, yes, we can get in. Whoo hoo a decision!!!
Drive down the street, drive around the building a couple times, hoping to find a parking spot. That may be the worst thing about BRIXX, is the parking is terrible.
Go inside, seated right away. Oddly, only know 1 person who was working there, and she was the hostess (i believe).
Menu's are passed. Beer list is perused. Hey, look, there's always a Triptych on tap. That's great. The draft list is all craft, and that's awesome. There are no macros on tap. I assume this is upsetting to many people the first (maybe only?) time they go there. "What do you mean you don't have bud light on tap???" I'd assume is asked by crusty old people. "Back in my day, a restaurant would have Budweiser, Miller, Coors AND Pabst on tap! I suppose I can't even get a HAMM'S in here?!?!?!" Hey, whaddyaknow, they have macros in bottles. "Well, why didn't you tell me that?"
Craft food deserves craft beer.
The lady and I both order the Triptych, the Blue and the Gold. She believes it tastes better than when it was at the brewery, so that's odd. Beer is promptly served. It doesn't appear that it was in a frosty pint glass either, so that's good too. There is also craft rootbeer on tap, so that's cool. They seem to have some staples in intro craft, like Fat Tire, Sam Adams, but the list is nice. It's not going to be a place to go to for "I've never even HEARD of this beer" (from the craft beer drinkers) but the BMC drinkers will be exclaiming that, except in anger.
I order the 4x4. So does the lady.
The manager brings over a Mediterranean salad, apparently an extra one had been made, and he decided to bring it to our table (he must know i'm a yelper!... or maybe he's just nice). Bill eats the salad. Courtney eats the bread, she seemed to like the bread.
Others at the table ordered other things. Court got the ravioli, the waitress was awesome and asked if she wanted the tomatoes on it, and court was like no. The waitress was awesome, did i mention that. She was like "i'm a picky eater too, and you look like you'd be a picky eater" which was really nice. There were 2 young boys in our group, and they went over and drew on the chalkboard, and one of the bussers brought them out extra chalk to draw with, and that was really nice. Man, those people were really nice.
The pizzas come out. I devour mine. Apparently, the reason i don't really like pizza is the sauce. The 4x4 doesn't have red sauce, it's an olive oil. So, maybe that's why i don't like pizza. Who knew? I remember as a kid, eating some frozen pizzas, every now and then, one of those Tino's (or similar) would have a sauce that we would call "watermelon pizza". I also hate pizza hut. As a youth, when John and I would drive around Pontiac, we'd sometimes eat at pizza hut. Well, we'd drink... sometimes too much. It was then that i discovered the acidity in the pizza hut sauce is almost exactly the same acidity that is regularly in my stomach. So, when i'd throw up from drinking too much, it would taste exactly the same. As an adult, I don't drink to that point.
So, the 4x4 was amazing.
I don't do desert.
Kansas was losing the first half of the game while I was there. I leave and they win by like 20, wtf? Tres Tinkle was having a great first half. I leave and suddenly Kansas remembers how to play?
The 3 bean salad was great. Not a typical three bean salad either. Red beans, black beans and garbanzos (i realize everyone poops, but that doesn't mean i want to see chick pee's!)
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