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The "A" Bar and Kitchen is in an Alley (get it?), so finding it might be the only downfall for this place. Luckily, it's name is painted on a giant wall so if you are going east down Euclid avenue, you will not miss it!
The inside of this place is huge--once you think you've seen it all, there's more room in the back! Great venue for large groups for sure. And plenty of TVs so you don't miss any of your favorite sporting events.
The ambiance is not like your typical, divey sports bar. The restrooms are clean, you can actually carry on a conversation with someone without screaming, and if my memory serves me right, I am pretty sure there is a fireplace in the middle. But don't worry - dress is still casual!
We came here for dinner this week...twice. Yep, it was that good. First go around, we tried a little bit of everything. The calamari was good, especially if you like yours more on the spicy side. I got the A Bar Burger which was unlike any burger I've had in town. My fav part of it was the pastrami and marinated tomato. My mouth is watering just thinking of it. I opted to pay the few extra bucks and upgraded the potato chips to a side of hangover fries. You can see by my picture that those fries were intense! A little too intense for me, but the fiance was eating them right up.
We also got a side of the risotto cakes (yum) and a Reuben sandwich. Chris said it was one of the best Reubens he's ever had. We found out later that week, that they do the pastrami in-house. I hope it never leaves home because it was thebomb.com. Chris had to take half of it home because it was so big and we overindulged on all of the delicious food.
Our second trip here this week, I got the 8th Street Chicken Sandwich which has become my new favorite chicken sandwich in the area. I ate the entire sandwich. So so so good. And prices for food are not that bad. No, it's not dirt cheap like the divey bars, but you are also getting much higher quality food and service for the few extra bucks you may spend.
As far as drinks go, they had about 10 beers on tap and a wide selection of bottles. We also happened to come on a weekday, between 8-9pm (Mighty Fine 8 to 9), so anything on tap was $2 and bottles were $4. We did a lot of drinking in one hour.
Lastly, I don't want to forget to mention the service. Both visits, we had really friendly and really attentive servers and bartenders. They made sure we were taken care of the whole night. Both of them suggested we come back for Sunday brunch, which I plan on doing very soon. I hear an out-of-this world, monstrous breakfast sandwich calling my name...
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