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| - I went to Dog & Bear this afternoon to watch the Manchester United game. I'm not a soccer fan really, but he's a diehard United fan and it was his birthday. He wanted me to watch the game with him, and he suggested this pub since he had heard good things. I was expecting Brazenhead since he lives in Liberty and it's our favourite spot, but trying something new is always good.
We went in and it was fairly dead. We could see the staff fiddling with the AV package to get the soccer games on. They did, with the audio on the Man U game. Lovely. Our server brought us menus and asked for drinks. We were told that they didn't have Guinness at the moment (shame on you). Luckily, I saw Boneshaker on tap, possibly one of the best beers in existence.
Before I talk food, I wanna talk about the atmosphere. Weirdest thing I've ever encountered. The bar quickly filled moments into the game, groups of several people at a time, who seemed to all know eachother and hover around the bar. Literally everyone knew everyone. Cool, maybe lots of them work there or are regulars. The weirdest thing was when they'd occasionally pop behind the bar to pour themselves a beer, or to make lattes for them and their friends, etc. It was honestly the strangest thing ever and I'm still not certain about what was going on. It was fine though, and fun in a demented way.
The food was good. My buddy's girlfriend ordered a BBQ tempeh sandwich, and the server allowed her to swap out the tofu (the main point of the dish) which was especially accommodating of her. My friend ordered the fried chicken club, which he said was delicious. I ordered the philly steak & cheese sandwich, and it was very good, served in a very crisp roll to combat the tenderness/juiciness/cheesiness of the meat. All orders came with tasty pub-style fries on the side (smaller, with the skin on). Portion sizes on the fries were large, almost unnecessarily so.
Service was whatever. Totally fine, no complaints, but not terribly friendly or attentive. She was a tad distracted and more interested in the slew of people gathered near the bar that were staff, regulars, or some very strange hybrid.
But hey, I'll be back! The TV's were good, very good audio and a good crowd of people. Definitely a nice spot to watch 'that sporting event' of the day.
3.5/5
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