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| - There aren't many restaurant options in the NW. I'm not an Earl's / Joey Tomatos / Keg hater, they're just a little "mall-chain-dining" for my (not so eclectic) tastes. Unfortunately when in suburbia I tend to do as the suburbanites and join the Friday and Saturday night hordes who make the Crowfoot Keg and Dalhousie Earl's look like a NewYork subway station in rush-hour.
If you've never been, you have to see it to believe it - it's absolutely crazy, people become transformed and belligerent, like an angry zombie horde, or a driver in the Beacon Hill "Power Centre."
Anyway, if I had the money, or more likely, if you have the money, please open up a place with a great beer and wine selection and hire a chef to make the kind of food that I'll gladly pay for, but don't want to drive halfway across the city for.
Anyway, sorry for the digression - my wife and I found ourselves at Brewster's again. The service is very good here - so no complaints on that front. My complaints have to do with the actual food and beverages available. The wine selection is limited and so is, actually, the beer selection. It's a brewpub, this is supposed to be what they do. In the states many great brewers begin as brewpubs and create demand for their fantastic product one pint at a time.
As a beer lover, I can't get excited over Brewsters. I've tried them all and the only one that I'd give more than half-hearted praise to would be the Rig Pig pale ale, it's okay, although I'm not quite ready to agree with their description of "A hop lovers delight. Generous amounts of Cascade hops balance with Alberta malt..." if you want generous hops, try some of the west coast IPAs then get back to me.
The food is pretty fair pub grub, again I can't get too worked up, though maybe at the price ($25.97 for nachos) I should. Brewster's is just okay I somehow feel that for $77.61 for drinks and nachos it should be more than that.
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