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Almost a year has passed since I wrote the review below, and I'm sad to say that I've had to downgrade Deagans to 3 stars instead of 5. They're just too overpriced for what they are. I've been to many other places in the lakewood, tremont, and shoreway areas, and almost all of them offer the same high quality that Deagan's does, sourced from local farms and markets, and NONE of them have come remotely close to matching Deagan's in terms of price. My feelings about Deagan's can be summed up as such: Why pay $10 for corned beef hash and eggs when you can pay 7.50 for almost the exact same dish at a restaurant not much farther down the road? I love you Deagan's, but from afar, and will probably continue doing so for the foreseeable future.
We love Deagan's. My fiance and I would eat there every night if our wallets and waistlines could afford it! We try to make it here at least every other Tuesday for tacos, but you can also find us for Sunday brunch as well.
The wait staff are always friendly and professional no matter who you get, but we have two regular waitresses that we love and ask for them by name every time we come here - Abby and Lauren. And the owner himself, Deagan, personally greets the customers when he's not running around helping out his staff - something that is very refreshing to see and earns top points in my book.
The food has always been served fresh and fast. Our favorites are the pommes frites, olives and peppadews (also get goat cheese from the charcuterie board, and stuff the peppadews with it, NOM!!!!!!), lion stout brownie, amish chicken and waffles, spicy shrimp tacos, grilled chicken tacos, and braised beef tacos. I really want to try the devils on horseback and crisp chicken livers. Also, the Day oysters are very good, but overpriced for what they are (2.75/ea? PRICY). Incidentally this brings me to my next point: Deagan's is a little overpriced when it comes to food, with the exception being taco tuesday where you can get AMAZING tacos for $2/ea. I think the reason for this is that every single one of their dishes is prepared fresh, from scratch, with local ingredients as long as they can get them. With this in mind I expect the food to be a little pricey, so it does not bother me too much. I see a lot of hate being thrown around not just for Deagan's pricing, but similar restaurants as well, so the old adage applies here: you get what you pay for. You're going to spend the same amount at Applebees or Fridays, so why not get something fresh instead of deep frozen and trucked in from who-knows-where?
The beer selection at Deagan's is AWESOME. I've recently decided that bottles ruin beer, so the fact that they have 24 handles and rotate them fairly frequently is a huge thumbs up! I have not been to another establishment with this many craft-brew taps. There's always something tasty to try.
And finally, my review would not be complete if I didn't mention that their chef is an artist, not to mention a guy I would totally hang out and down a couple cold ones with. The things he can do with food.... OMG. We just went to their first beer pairing dinner featuring Brewery Ommegang, and the dishes BY FAR stole the show. Duck confit nachos, Mushroom and Mahon cheese strudel with micro red-ribbon sorrel and garlic chive oil just to name two. They were the most delicious things I have ever tasted. Deagan's is one of the best places, if not the best, we've been to, and we'll keep coming back week after week.
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