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| - My husband and I attended a soft opening event here last night. Overall, we had an excellent experience! We live up the street, near Indian School and 32nd Street, and have eagerly been awaiting the opening.
The place was pretty full when we arrived around 6:30, but we were greeted and seated quickly. I love the feel and decor of the place. I'm not sure what these industrial buildings were in a previous life, but they had to have done a ton of work to get it to its current state. I loved the large U shaped bar. I only had two minor complaints about the environment: 1. The seats in the yellow chairs are a little shallow. I'm an average sized person, but I would assume a larger person would be pretty uncomfortable sitting in these chairs because they just don't offer a ton of space for your butt. 2. I sat in a seat facing the bar/kitchen. Like I mentioned above, the interior is beautiful, but my main view was a large blank white wall in the kitchen. It would be awesome to carry over your decor theme onto that wall so everything flows nicely together, and there isn't that disjunct big white wall space.
Though none of Helton's brewed beers were available last night, they had some good local and other craft beers on tap. My husband had the Sun Up Trooper and I had the Underwood Pinot Noir (canned wine from Oregon). Both were good. I've never had canned wine before, but I really liked it! It was a large amount of wine for only $10.
We chose a varied mix of cheeses, meats, and fixings for our charcuterie board. The marinated olives and the pickles were super tasty and flavorful. The tart cherry jam had a very unique flavor. It was spiced and sour all at the same time, never had anything like that before. The Toscano and the chorizo were excellent! We also really liked the Chèvre goat cheese, the pimento cheese spread, and the blue cheese. The food was filling, but not overly heavy. I'm looking forward to seeing future pairings with their brewed beers.
All of the staff we encountered were very friendly and also knowledgeable. The server that delivered our food knew about everything we had ordered, and told us about where it came from. Understandably so, the service was slightly slow because of the volume of people and it being a new establishment. Honestly, we barely even noticed because we were really enjoying the drinks, food, and atmosphere. So I don't really fault them much there. I loved the little book that our check arrived in, very cool detail!
We definitely are looking forward to visiting again! I think this place is a great addition to our neighborhood.
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