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| - Murphy's Law. Barefoot Bob's Beach Bar. Now, Bar Code.
Bar Code has gone the Gastropub route. With all Gastropub joints, they have this vague speakeasy/vintage type of feel with usually decent bar food but at gourmet burger prices. This is one of those places but was pleasantly surprised by the burger quality and the drink prices.
The draft list did have some great choices. I was taking advantage of the Apocalypse IPA by 10 Barrel Brewing, which comes in around 7% ABV. A glass was $5. I thought that was a joke. It was so cheap that I had to get another one later. You know, twisting my arm here.
The menu looks like something that failed to get into The New Yorker. The Bar Code Burger description especially made me laugh. The two most hilarious items were: "proprietary short rib" which I had no idea what that meant and "newcastle onion jam" which I figured it could also be classified as Liverpool onion jam as I also had no idea what that meant.
Great thing is that this all translates in the language of taste. It was a delicious burger. I don't know if it was the foreign jam, the bacon mayonnaise, or this copyrighted short rib(TM) but the flavors worked together. The burger was moist and flavorful and the bun, the foundation of any good burger, didn't get soggy or gross. They didn't even ask us how we wanted the burger cooked, but there's probably only one way to cook Bar Code's Proprietary Short Rib (TM) all rights reserved.
What they can keep is the Bryan's Tot Bombs. The description only says, "a labor of love, smoked tomato mayo." What you get for $8 is 12 tater tots whose insides are more like mashed potato consistency. 12 of those. There were four of us. That menu item needs an actual description.
I want to love this place. I loved the previous places in their weird unique ways. One thing that concerns me is that it feels like just a place. Murphy's Law was... a place. That was both a Steelers bar and a Cardinals bar. Barefoot Bob's was supposed to be Beach themed, but it was Murphy's Law without the Steelers and Cardinals banners. This feels like Murphy's Law but with food served on fake newspapers and some garnish sprinkled on top.
In the meanwhile, I'll keep drinking these $5 craft draft beers and keep a positive mind.
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