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| - I stopped by here this past Saturday evening with my wife for dinner. Spoonwood Brewing had been on my list of bookmarks for quite a long time but we never seemed to be able to head there. So I was pretty stoked whenever we finally found the time although I wasn't nearly as excited about the fact that we would be arriving at 6 PM on a Saturday night. As expected, the place was absolutely mobbed and there was a wait list which we put our name on and were quoted 20 minutes. While we waited my wife and I checked out the space which seemed quite nice. There is a large bar in one corner and then a massive open concept throughout the rest. As if that wasn't enough they also have some outdoor seating on a deck which is complete with a stage. It would ultimately take us about 30 minutes before we were seated which was weird as there were a few empty tables and they just seemed to be behind on their bussing.
For dinner on this evening my wife and I were torn between the BBQ and their pizza. As a compromise we decided to each get an item and then to split them with each other. So for my dinner entree I went with the pick 3 BBQ and chose hot links, pulled pork and chicken. It came with cornbread and two sides for which we chose collard greens and Mac and cheese. For the pizza we decided on the choke & chicken which the menu describes as pulled chicken, pesto, grilled artichoke heart, garlic ricotta, house-made mozzarella, arugula, lemon juice. While all of that was in I also decided to sample four of their beers and went with the marmalade wheat, cold city drip, smoke & oats and killer diller. All four of them were decent beers but it was the smoke and oats with its smoked flavor that won me over out of the bunch. While I was still sampling the beers our food came out sans the collard greens which I didn't notice right away. During this time they had also brought BBQ sauces out and had Carolina, sweet and hot. Out of all them the hot was my favorite but I can't say that I would buy any of them if they had been bottled. In any case I worked my way into the BBQ first and felt somewhat unimpressed by the pulled pork. It wasn't bad but it wasn't good either. Next up was the hot links which actually had a great flavor to them. My problem with them is that they wouldn't hold their shape though and fell apart whenever I cut into them making them difficult. Last but certainly not least for the meats was the chicken. I have to admit that this was the protein I was least looking forward to. Boy did it surprise me as it was easily the best. It was moist and juicy while carrying a smoky flavor that I loved. The sides for our dish ended up being good as well with the collards being cooked until tender with some bacon while the Mac and cheesy was creamy and tasty. Finally I tried the pizza and I can't say that I was impressed at all. The crust had that wood fired flavor to it but something about it didn't seem right. It wasn't crispy underneath like it should have been and I would have to say that the bottom was undercooked. The toppings did little to impress me either and I actually left a quarter of my pizza, which if you know me, I never ever do.
The bottom line for me is that I probably wouldn't head back here again in the future. Yeah everything was ok but I didn't think it was worth the wait and the food and beer weren't worth the hype.
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